Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over TV ads
WASHINGTON AP President Donald Trump stated late Thursday that he was ending all exchange negotiations with Canada because of a television ad opposing U S tariffs that he commented 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 declared 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 transaction tensions that already have been building between the two neighboring countries for months Trump posted The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just stated 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 FUNDAMENTAL TO THE NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND MARKET OF THE U S A Based on their egregious behavior ALL AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED Carney s office didn t straightaway 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 Bargain dated April It added that Ontario did not receive foundation permission to use and edit the remarks The foundation noted it is reviewing legal options in this matter and invited the society to watch the unedited video of Reagan s address Carney met with Trump earlier this month to try to ease exchange tensions as the two countries and Mexico prepare for a review of the U S -Mexico-Canada Agreement a bargain 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 boundary 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 occurrence against American tariffs on Canada The way to prosperity is by working together Trump disclosed earlier this week that he had seen the ad on television and declared that it established 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 disclosed then The president has moved to impose steep U S tariffs on a multitude of goods from Canada In April Canada s ruling body imposed retaliatory levies on certain U S goods but it carved out exemptions for a few 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 disclosed it would move a production line from Ontario to Illinois Associated Press Writer Rob Gillies in Toronto Ontario contributed to this statement Source
