Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over TV ads
WASHINGTON AP President Donald Trump commented late Thursday that he was ending all commerce negotiations with Canada because of a television ad opposing U S tariffs that he stated 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 explained 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 pact tensions that already have been building between the two neighboring countries for months Trump posted The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just informed 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 ESSENTIAL TO THE NATIONAL MEASURE AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF THE U S A Based on their egregious behavior ALL PACT 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 regime of Ontario misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Contract dated April It added that Ontario did not receive foundation permission to use and edit the remarks The foundation stated 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 arrangement 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 edge 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 revealed earlier this week that he had seen the ad on television and declared that it manifested 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 plenty of goods from Canada In April Canada s establishment imposed retaliatory levies on certain U S goods but it carved out exemptions for particular 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 commented it would move a production line from Ontario to Illinois Associated Press Writer Rob Gillies in Toronto Ontario contributed to this document Source
