President Donald Trump said Thursday he is ending trade negotiations with Canada with immediate effect.
The president accused Canada of trying to interfere with an upcoming Supreme Court case about the legality of his ‘mutual’ tariffs.
Trump’s announcement about Truth Social comes after the Canadian province of Ontario began airing a television advertisement in the United States featuring a speech by former President Ronald Reagan.
The ad, which will premiere in Ontario Doug Ford posted on Xbegins with Reagan saying, “When someone says, ‘let’s put tariffs on foreign imports,’ it seems like they’re doing something patriotic by protecting American products and jobs, and sometimes it works for a little while, but only for a little while.”
“But in the long run, such trade barriers will hurt every American worker and consumer,” the former president continues in the ad.
“Then the worst happens: markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industries close, and millions of people lose their jobs,” Reagan said in the paper. Radio address from 1987 delivered from Camp David, Maryland.
It ends with him saying: ‘Around the world there is a growing realization that the weight of prosperity for all countries lies in rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition. America’s jobs and growth are at stake.”
Ontario placed the ad during one of the MLB games of the American League Championship Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners. Fox Sports, which broadcast the match, said more than 9 million people watched.
Canada is one of the United States’ most important trading partners. In 2024, Canada was the third largest source of imports to the US, with more than $410 billion worth of goods from the northern country.
Many U.S. supply chains are also heavily dependent on Canada, such as the auto industry, although the government has pushed the “big three” U.S. automakers to reduce cross-border production.
Trump’s termination of talks Thursday is not the first time the president has halted trade negotiations with Canada. In June, Trump said he “terminated ALL discussions on trade with Canada,” citing the treatment of U.S. tech companies and dairy farmers.
Canada quickly retaliated and imposed a quota on steel products, due to what Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne called “unjust US tariffs.”
But days later, Canada announced it would repeal its digital services tax, which would have hit major U.S. companies, to appease Trump.
Carney visited the White House in early October and relations seemed to have been restored. Trump, together with the Canadian prime minister, spoke in the Oval Office about the “mutual love” that the US and Canada have for each other.
But Trump still hinted at a possible conflict. “We want Canada to do great,” he said. “But you know, there’s a point where we want the same company too.”
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