Trump announces additional 10 percent Canada tariff over Reagan ad brouhaha

As the president of the United States continues to criticize his country’s northern neighbor due to a contentious anti-tariff advertisement featuring former US President Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump has announced an additional 10% tariff on Canada.

Trump stated in a social media post on Saturday that the advertisement “were going to be taken down immediately, but]Canada allowed it to run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD.

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I’m increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are currently paying, he said, “because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts and hostile act.”

Reagan spoke in a speech from the 1980s in which the former Republican leader had warned about the effects that high tariffs on foreign imports might have on the US economy.

Al Jazeera examined the original speech’s text, which contained all the statements used in the Ontario commercial. They did, however, appear to be in a different order.

Washington canceled trade talks with Ottawa this week over the advertisement, accusing the provincial government of misleading Reagan and trying to sway a looming US Supreme Court decision regarding Trump’s tariff policy.

Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford announced on Friday that the province would “pause its US advertising campaign effective Monday so that trade talks can resume” after consulting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

“We always wanted to start a conversation about the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses as well as the type of economy Americans want to create. We’ve accomplished our goal by reaching US audiences with the best possible impact,” Ford wrote on X.

In order to air our commercial during the first two World Series games, my team has been instructed to keep putting our message in front of Americans over the weekend.

Trump’s announcement of additional tariffs on Saturday did not prompt comment from the Canadian government.

The second World Series game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers, scheduled for 8 p.m. local time on Saturday (00:00 GMT on Sunday), will be covered again as planned.

Trump has imposed severe tariffs on numerous nations, including Canada, which have strained relations with the US’s long-ago ally since taking office in January.