WASHINGTON (AP) — The President donald trump Late Thursday, he said he was ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada for the following reasons: tv advertising He opposed the U.S. tariffs, calling them a “terrible act” that misstated the facts and was aimed at influencing U.S. court decisions.
President Trump’s post on the social media site came after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country aims to double its population. Exporting to countries other than the United States. Because of the threat posed by President Trump’s tariffs. President Trump’s call for an abrupt end to negotiations could further escalate trade tensions that have already been brewing between the two neighbors for months.
“The Ronald Reagan Foundation just announced that Canada fraudulently used a fake ad featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs,” Trump wrote.
“The ad was $75,000. They did this just to interfere with the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court and other courts,” Trump posted on his social media site. “Tariffs are critical to our national security and economy. Based on their egregious actions, all trade negotiations with Canada are hereby ended.”
Carney’s office did not respond to a request for comment. The Prime Minister is scheduled to leave on Friday morning to attend an Asian summit, and President Trump is also scheduled to leave on Friday evening.
Early Thursday night, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute posted on X that an ad created by the Ontario government “misrepresents the President’s Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade, dated April 25, 1987.” It added that Ontario had not received permission from the foundation to “use and edit the statements.”
The foundation said it was “considering legal options regarding this matter” and urged the public to watch the unedited video of President Reagan’s speech.
carny He met with President Trump earlier this month. The move is aimed at easing trade tensions as both countries and Mexico prepare to revise the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The deal was negotiated during President Trump’s first term, but has since deteriorated.
More than three-quarters of Canada’s exports go to the United States, with C$3.6 billion (US$2.7 billion) worth of goods and services crossing the border every day.
In his own post on X last week, doug fordOntario’s premier posted a link to the ad and the message: “It’s official: Ontario’s new advertising campaign in the United States has launched.”
He went on to say, “We will never stop advocating for American tariffs on Canada with every tool we have. The path to prosperity is through cooperation.”
President Trump said earlier this week that he had seen the ad on TV and said it showed the tariffs were having an impact.
“I saw an ad from Canada last night. If I were Canada, I would see the same ad,” he said at the time.
The president moved to impose high U.S. tariffs on many products from Canada. In April, the Canadian government imposed retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. products, but also provided exemptions (remissions) for some automakers to bring a certain number of vehicles into the country.
President Trump’s tariffs have particularly hit Canada’s auto sector, much of which is based in Ontario. this month, Stellantis announces relocation of production line From Ontario to Illinois
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Associated Press writer Rob Gillies in Toronto, Ont., contributed to this report.
