India, March 6 -- Donald Trump on Wednesday said that a call with Justin Trudeau regarding fentanyl smuggling and trade ended in a "somewhat friendly manner" as he claimed that the Canadian Prime Minister was using tariff disputes with the United States to stay in power.

This was the first conversation between the two leaders after Canada took countermeasures to US tariffs. US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and Vice President JD Vance were also on the call, news agency Reuters reported.

Hours after Trump imposed 10% tariffs on Canadian energy imports and 25% on everything else, Ottawa imposed immediate 25% tariffs on C$30 billion worth of US imports, including cosmetics, appliances, tyres, fruit and wine, and vowed to target another ...