U.S. terminates Canada trade over Reagan ad

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday applauded the president Donald Trump To end all trade negotiations with Canada over an ad ran by Ontario in the United States featuring the former president Ronald Reagan Criticism of definitions.

Late Thursday night, Trump cited a complaint about the ad Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute For his decision to end the talks.

“Tariffs are extremely important to the national security and economy of the United States, and based on their egregious behavior, all trade negotiations with Canada are hereby terminated,” Trump wrote in a letter. Truth is a social function.

The Reagan Foundation said the ad misrepresents Reagan’s April 25, 1987, radio address, and that the former president’s remarks were edited without permission.

She encouraged people to listen to Video unedited for its title On her YouTube channel. The corporation did not say what it claimed was misleading about Ontario’s announcement, but said it was reviewing its legal options.

The Ontario Declaration correctly reflected the fact that in his speech Reagan championed the concept of free trade. But the ad overlooked the fact that Reagan was defending his decision to impose tariffs on imports from Japan.

On Friday, Ford appeared to respond to the foundation’s criticism by tweeting a message that included A YouTube link from the Reagan Library To the same unedited video clip showing Reagan criticizing the tariffs pointed out by the establishment.

“High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and provoke fierce trade wars,” Reagan says in this clip, where he also says that tariffs lead to “artificially high” prices.

Ford wrote on His position is X“Canada and the United States are friends, neighbors and allies. President Ronald Reagan knew that we are stronger together.”

“God bless Canada and God bless the United States,” he said.

Trump on Thursday accused the ad of misleadingly saying Reagan did not like tariffs “when in fact he liked tariffs for our country and its national security.”

“The Ronald Reagan Foundation just announced that Canada fraudulently used a fake ad featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs,” Trump wrote.

He claimed that the advertisement was intended to influence the pending United States supreme court It’s an issue that could wipe out many of his wide-ranging tariffs, including those imposed on Canada.

Ford said on October 14 that the district will spend $75 million on ads that will run in the United States.

“We will repeat this message to every Republican district across the country,” said Ford, who described himself as a “huge Ronald Reagan fan.”

Ford posted Advertising on X On October 16th.

In the ad, Reagan is heard saying: “When someone says, ‘Let’s put tariffs on foreign imports,’ he sounds like he’s doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs.”

“Sometimes it works for a little while, but only for a little while,” Regan says, speaking of images of American landscapes, domestic scenes, and workplaces.

“But in the long run, such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer.”

Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, was asked about Trump’s cancellation of trade negotiations with Canada on Friday morning while speaking to reporters at the White House.

“The president has clearly ratified something that reveals his frustration with the actions and positions of Canadians during months of negotiations, and we’ll see how that goes,” Hassett said.

“I think the frustration built up over time,” Hassett said. “I was involved in some of these negotiations, and it was very difficult to negotiate with the Canadians.”

Thursday was the second time that Trump announced that he was ending trade talks with Canada.

On June 27thHe said that the United States “is ending all discussions on trade with… CanadaIn response to Ottawa’s decision to impose a Digital services tax On American technology companies.

Canada abolished this tax two days later.