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***Trump Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada***
| UN peacekeeper | 10/23/25 |
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Date: October 23rd, 2025 11:40 PM Author: UN peacekeeper Trump Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada The president said his move, which again throws relations with one of the United States’ closest trading partners into turmoil, was motivated by an advertisement he deemed fraudulent. President Trump said late Thursday that he was terminating all trade negotiations with Canada, throwing America’s relationship with one of its closest trading partners into turmoil once again.
On Truth Social, the president claimed that “Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement” featuring former president Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.
“TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A.,” Mr. Trump wrote. “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
Mr. Trump has taken an aggressive stance toward Canada, which is the second largest trading partner for the United States. He has imposed double-digit tariffs on many Canadian exports and repeatedly suggested Canada should be the 51st U.S. state. ADVERTISEMENT SKIP ADVERTISEMENT
The United States, Canada and Mexico have been preparing for a review of their shared free trade agreement, which is scheduled to be completed by next summer.
The ad that Mr. Trump mentioned in his post was taken out by the government of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province and a key nexus of economic cooperation with the United States.
The ad, which according to the government of Ontario cost 75 million Canadian dollars ($53.5 million), uses audio from 1987 from President Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs as destructive for the economy. The ad was to begin airing in the United States this week on Newsmax and Bloomberg, the Ontario government said, and then on several other U.S. channels over the course of the following two weeks.
“When someone says, ‘Let’s impose tariffs on foreign imports,’ it looks like they’re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products,” Mr. Reagan’s voice narrates over a video of generic images of economic activity. But, the audio warns, tariffs cause damage. “Markets shrink and collapse, industries shut down and millions of people lose their jobs.”
The offices of Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, and of Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. |