Trump Announces 10% Tariff Increase on Canadian Goods Following World Series Commercial

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In a recent development, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he will be escalating tariffs on Canada by an additional 10%. This decision appears to be a direct response to an advertisement from Ontario, Canada, which aired during the World Series broadcast and has been a point of contention for the President.

The advertisement, which features a clip of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan discussing the negative impacts of tariffs, drew Trump’s ire, leading him to terminate trade discussions with Ottawa on Thursday. Trump criticized the ad as misleading, believing it misrepresented Reagan’s stance on trade tariffs.

In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump reiterated his disapproval of the ad and announced his decision to raise the tariffs, emphasizing his view that the advertisement was a misrepresentation of Reagan’s beliefs regarding tariffs and their economic consequences. The ad had been running for several days before the President’s initial reaction on Thursday.

In response to the escalating situation, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Friday that the province, after consulting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, has decided to pause the controversial U.S. ad campaign starting Monday. This move aims to facilitate the resumption of trade negotiations between the U.S. and Canada.

The advertisement aired Friday during the broadcast for Game 1 of Major League Baseball’s World Series, in which the Toronto Blue Jays are facing off against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD,” Trump posted.

“Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now,” he wrote.

Trump posted the message while he was aboard Air Force One on his way to Malaysia, the first stop on a trip through East Asia that will largely focus on trade issues.

The U.S. Commerce Department, the White House and the office of the Canadian prime minister did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Most Canadian exports to US exempt from tariffs

It was not clear what goods would be affected by Trump’s newly announced tariffs. The majority of Canadian exports to the U.S. are exempt from tariffs because of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that was signed during Trump’s first term.

The Trump administration in August imposed a 35% tariff on Canadian goods not covered by the USMCA. But Canada’s economy has suffered from sector tariffs of 50% imposed this year by Trump on steel and aluminum from all countries.

Carney said on Friday that Canada stood ready to resume trade talks with the United States. Trump and Carney will both be at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Malaysia, but he told reporters on Air Force One he has no plans to meet with the Canadian leader.

The Canadian prime minister had removed most of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports imposed by his predecessor, but White House adviser Kevin Hassett said on Friday that Trump was frustrated with Canada and trade talks have not been going well.

The ad by the Ontario government has a voiceover of Reagan criticizing tariffs on foreign goods while saying they cause job losses and trade wars. The video uses five complete sentences from the five-minute weekly address, spliced together out of sequence.

The ad does not mention that Reagan was using the address to explain that tariffs imposed on Japan by his administration should be seen as a sadly unavoidable exception to his basic belief in free trade as the key to prosperity.

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