"featuring former US President Ronald Reagan has set off new tensions between Washington and Ottawa, which already had icy relations over President Donald Trump's tariff policy. In a post on Truth Social on Thursday night, Trump claimed that the advertisement which shows Reagan, a fellow Republican, speaking negatively about tariffs as an economic policy was fake. He cited comments by the Ronald Reagan Foundation that described the clip of the former president used in the commercial as doctored."
"On October 14, Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, said his province would spend 75 million Canadian dollars (US$54m) to run anti-tariff advertisements on mainstream channels in the US. Ford has been a critic of Trump's tariff policy, and Ontario, known for its steel industry, has been severely hit by the US levies. Ontario is home to more than a third of Canada's population and the country's biggest city, Toronto."
"The minute-long advert features remarks by Reagan from a national address in April 1987 about free and fair trade. In that speech, Reagan spoke of tariffs he had recently imposed on Japan, at the time a major economic rival, before arguing that such duties were at best a short-term fix. When someone says, Let's impose tariffs on foreign imports,' it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by protecting American product"
Ontario committed CA$75 million to run anti-tariff advertisements on mainstream US channels. The minute-long commercial repurposes remarks by Ronald Reagan from a 1987 national address arguing that tariffs are at best a short-term fix. Premier Doug Ford posted the ad and said Canada will never stop arguing against American tariffs; Ontario's steel industry has been severely affected by US levies. President Trump posted on Truth Social, called the clip fake, cited the Ronald Reagan Foundation's statement that the footage was doctored, and claimed the ad aimed to influence US courts. Trump then announced termination of all trade negotiations with Canada.
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