Trump cancels trade talks with Canada over Ontario's anti-tariff campaign
In a Canadian television advertisement, Ronald Reagan appeared criticizing the taxes imposed by the United States.
BarcelonaU.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday night the end of all trade negotiations with Canada, angered by a television advertisement released by the Ontario government featuring commercial footage featuring the voice of former President Ronald Reagan—who appears briefly at the end—expressing his opposition to the imposition of tariffs. Trump attributed the announcement to the Canadian government and scuppered ongoing negotiations, thus returning to a scenario of uncertainty with one of its main trading partners.
"The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada fraudulently used a fake ad featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs," Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that "they did this solely to interfere with the Supreme Court's decision. Tariffs are critically important to the national security and economy of the United States. Due to their blatant behavior, all trade negotiations with Canada are terminated," he said.
The ad, which Trump said cost "$75 million" (€64.6 million), represented for the American president "atrocious behavior" and reason enough to end all negotiations. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation published on X that the ad created by the Ontario government "misrepresents the Presidential radio address to the nation on free and fair trade Carney and Trump met earlier this month to try to ease trade tensions as both countries and Mexico prepare for a review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a trade deal Trump negotiated during his first term.
