The president donald trump announced on Thursday the immediate termination of trade negotiations with Canada.
Trump made the announcement on Truth Social and accused Canada of attempt to interfere in an upcoming Supreme Court case over the legality of their “reciprocal” tariffs.
President Trump’s decision is related to un television advertisement featuring a speech by former President Ronald Reagan on duty that the Canadian province of Ontario began broadcasting in the United States.
“They only did this to interfere with the decision of the United States Supreme Court and other courts,” Trump wrote, referring to high court oral arguments, scheduled for Nov. 5, on legal challenges to a significant portion of Trump’s tariffs.
These are the tariffs that include country-specific rates, the central axis of its foreign and economic policy agenda.
The Premier of Ontario, Doug Fordstated earlier this week that the anti-tariff ad that It was also published in Xhad caught Trump’s attention.
The advertisement showed former president Ronald Reagan, Republican, criticizing tariffs on foreign products, while claiming that they caused job losses and trade wars.
“I knew the president heard our announcement. I’m sure he wasn’t very amused,” Ford declared Tuesday.
Trump has used tariffs as a tool of pressure on many countries around the world.
His trade war has raised US tariffs to their highest levels since the 1930s and has threatened to impose more levies regularlywhich has generated concern among companies and economists.
The Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, He told reporters on Thursday that Canada will not allow unfair access by the United States to its markets if negotiations on various trade agreements with Washington fail.
Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and cars earlier this yearprompting a similar response from Ottawa.
Both parties had been negotiating a possible agreement for the steel and aluminum sectors for weeks.
On Thursday night, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute published in X that an ad created by the Ontario government misrepresents the ‘Presidential Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade,’ dated April 25, 1987. He added that Ontario did not receive permission from the foundation to use and edit the comments.
The foundation said it was evaluating legal options in this matter andninvited the public to watch the unedited video of Reagan’s speech.
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