Donald Trump announced he was increasing tariffs on Canada as he reacted angrily to an anti-tariffs advert featuring former US President Ronald Reagan.
Mr Trump announced the higher tariffs in a Truth Social post on Saturday referencing the ad, which features a video of former President Mr Reagan saying that tariffs cause trade wars and economic disaster.
The advert aired during the World Series broadcast, drawing the ire of the US President,
President Trump confirmed he was increasing tariffs on Canada by an additional 10 per cent "above what they're paying now."
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Friday that after discussions with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ontario would pause the campaign on Monday so that trade talks could resume.
The advertisement aired Friday during the broadcast for the first game of Major League Baseball's World Series, in which the Toronto Blue Jays were facing off against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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.
President Donald Trump welcomes Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney
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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.
President Trump posted on social media: "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.
"Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10 per cent over and above what they are paying now."
President 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.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has spoken out against President Trump's proposals
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It was not clear what goods would be affected by Trump's newly announced tariffs.
The majority of Canadian exports to the US 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 per cent tariff on Canadian goods not covered by the USMCA.
Canada's economy has suffered from sector tariffs of 50 per cent imposed this year by Trump on steel and aluminum from all countries.
President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney met in the White House earlier this month
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Prime Minister Carney said Canada stood ready to resume trade talks with the United States.
Mr Trump and Mr 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 US 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.
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