{"id":56075,"date":"2025-10-27T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/trump-vows-new-tariffs-on-canada-after-political-ad-sparks-outrage\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:09:30","slug":"trump-vows-new-tariffs-on-canada-after-political-ad-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/trump-vows-new-tariffs-on-canada-after-political-ad-sparks-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows new tariffs on Canada after political ad sparks outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. president accused Canada of \u201cfraudulent behaviour\u201d and announced the suspension of trade talks between the two countries. His response came shortly after a televised ad aired in Ontario, featuring excerpts from former U.S. President Ronald Reagan\u2019s 1987 speech warning against protectionism.<\/p>\n

The advertisement, which was released by Ontario Premier Doug Ford\u2019s office, appeared during major sports broadcasts and urged closer economic cooperation between Canada and the United States. However, President Trump claimed the ad misrepresented Reagan\u2019s message and described it as an attempt to \u201cinterfere\u201d with U.S. trade policy.<\/p>\n

Premier Ford defended the campaign, saying the intention was to highlight the long-standing friendship between the two nations. \u201cCanada and the United States are friends, neighbours and allies. President Ronald Reagan knew that we are stronger together,\u201d Ford said after sharing the full, unedited version of the former president\u2019s speech on social media.<\/p>\n

While Canada\u2019s federal government did not produce the ad, Washington\u2019s reaction has already heightened tensions. The new tariffs, reported to affect up to 35 percent of Canadian goods, add fresh pressure to bilateral trade, which had already been strained by existing restrictions. Canada has also hinted at retaliatory measures if the duties remain in place.<\/p>\n

Observers say the dispute underscores how political messaging can trigger real economic consequences. Despite the two nations\u2019 long partnership, the latest tensions mark a new challenge in North American relations, with potential effects on key industries and cross-border trade.<\/p>\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is adding 10 percent to U.S. tariffs on goods imported from Canada, following a political advertisement released by Ontario\u2019s government that criticised American trade policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000096795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[201],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-rania-umutoni"],"bylines":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"contributors":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"featured_image":{"id":2000096795,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4cf4d1c0-b1e7-11f0-b5be-21b7bc0acd36_logo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4cf4d1c0-b1e7-11f0-b5be-21b7bc0acd36_logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4cf4d1c0-b1e7-11f0-b5be-21b7bc0acd36_logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4cf4d1c0-b1e7-11f0-b5be-21b7bc0acd36_logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4cf4d1c0-b1e7-11f0-b5be-21b7bc0acd36_logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4cf4d1c0-b1e7-11f0-b5be-21b7bc0acd36_logo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000096795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56075"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56075"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}