Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over TV ads
WASHINGTON AP President Donald Trump reported late Thursday that he was ending all contract negotiations with Canada because of a television ad opposing U S tariffs that he declared misstated the facts and called egregious behavior aimed at influencing U S court decisions The post on Trump s social media site came after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney disclosed he aims to double his country s exports to countries outside the U S because of the threat posed by Trump s tariffs Trump s call for an abrupt end to negotiations could further inflame business tensions that already have been building between the two neighboring countries for months Trump posted The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just reported that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement which is FAKE featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs The ad was for They only did this to interfere with the decision of the U S Supreme Court and other courts Trump wrote on his social media site TARIFFS ARE VERY VITAL TO THE NATIONAL MEASURE AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY OF THE U S A Based on their egregious behavior ALL ARRANGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED Carney s office didn t directly respond to a request for comment The prime minister was set to leave Friday morning for a summit in Asia while Trump is set to do the same Friday evening Earlier Thursday night the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute posted on X that an ad created by the establishment of Ontario misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Agreement dated April It added that Ontario did not receive foundation permission to use and edit the remarks The foundation explained it is reviewing legal options in this matter and invited the general to watch the unedited video of Reagan s address Carney met with Trump earlier this month to try to ease agreement tensions as the two countries and Mexico prepare for a review of the U S -Mexico-Canada Agreement a transaction deal Trump negotiated in his first term but has since soured on More than three-quarters of Canadian exports go to the U S and nearly billion Canadian US billion worth of goods and services cross the frontier daily In his own post on X last week Doug Ford the premier of Ontario posted a link to the ad and the message It s official Ontario s new advertising campaign in the U S has launched He continued Using every tool we have we ll never stop making the incident against American tariffs on Canada The way to prosperity is by working together Trump announced earlier this week that he had seen the ad on television and stated that it exhibited that his tariffs were having an impact I saw an ad last night from Canada If I was Canada I d take that same ad also he stated then The president has moved to impose steep U S tariffs on numerous goods from Canada In April Canada s executive imposed retaliatory levies on certain U S goods but it carved out exemptions for chosen automakers to bring specific numbers of vehicles into the country known as remission quotas Trump s tariffs have especially hurt Canada s auto sector much of which is based in Ontario This month Stellantis reported it would move a production line from Ontario to Illinois Associated Press Writer Rob Gillies in Toronto Ontario contributed to this document Source
