Trump Ending Talks With Canada Over Ads10/24 06:08

   President Donald Trump said late Thursday that he was ending "all trade 
negotiations" with Canada because of a television ad opposing U.S. tariffs that 
he said misstated the facts and called "egregious behavior" aimed at 
influencing U.S. court decisions.

   WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said late Thursday that he was 
ending "all trade negotiations" with Canada because of a television ad opposing 
U.S. tariffs that he said 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 said 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 trade tensions that already 
have been building between the two neighboring countries for months.

   Trump posted, "The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada 
has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan 
speaking negatively about Tariffs."

   "The ad was for $75,000. 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 IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE 
U.S.A. Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA 
ARE HEREBY TERMINATED."

   Carney's office didn't immediately 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 government of Ontario 
"misrepresents the 'Presidential Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair 
Trade' dated April 25, 1987." It added that Ontario did not receive foundation 
permission "to use and edit the remarks."

   The foundation said it is "reviewing legal options in this matter" and 
invited the public to watch the unedited video of Reagan's address.

   Carney met with Trump earlier this month to try to ease trade tensions, as 
the two countries and Mexico prepare for a review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada 
Agreement -- a trade 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 $3.6 
billion Canadian (US$2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border 
daily.

   Trump said earlier this week that he had seen the ad on television and said 
that it showed 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 said then.

   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 case 
against American tariffs on Canada. The way to prosperity is by working 
together."

   A spokesperson for Ford didn't immediately respond to a request for comment 
Thursday night. But Ford previously got Trump's attention with an electricity 
surcharge to U.S. states. Trump responded by doubling steel and aluminum 
tariffs.

   The president has moved to impose steep U.S. tariffs on many goods from 
Canada. In April, Canada's government imposed retaliatory levies on certain 
U.S. goods -- but it carved out exemptions for some 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 said it would move a production line 
from Ontario to Illinois.