Ontario to pause Reagan tariffs ad after Trump terminated Canada trade talks

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday that his state volition intermission airing ads featuring erstwhile President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs aft World Series games this play truthful that commercialized talks betwixt Canada and the United States tin resume.

Ford's announcement connected X came a time aft President Donald Trump terminated trade negotiations with Canada due to the fact that of the ad.

Ford said helium had spoken with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney earlier deciding to intermission the ad, effectual Monday, "so that commercialized talks tin resume."

Trump, successful cancelling those talks, connected Thursday cited claims by The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute that the advertisement misrepresents Reagan's vigor code address from April 25, 1987, and that the remarks were edited without permission.

"Our volition was ever to initiate a speech astir the benignant of system that Americans privation to physique and the interaction of tariffs connected workers and businesses," Ford said of the ad, which has aired successful U.S. markets.

"We've achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences astatine the highest levels," Ford said. "I've directed my squad to support putting our connection successful beforehand of Americans implicit the play truthful that we tin aerial our commercialized during the archetypal 2 World Series games."

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