New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Doug Ford, the Premier of Ontario, who got into a heated war of words with US President Donald Trump recently over the latter's imposition of 50% tariffs on $20-billion worth of Canadian imports, told CBS News that Trump is treating his country 'like we're Communist China here'.

"We're the closest friends and allies that the US has anywhere in the entire world, and I want to keep it that way," Ford insisted in an interview with the publication.

Ford's conciliatory tone was reflected in another interview he gave to Bloomberg Television, wherein he agreed, "Things got a little heated...He was throwing insults". "And I hit back. But I think it'd be more productive if the prime minister and the president sit down and h...