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US President Trump has announced he is increasing tariffs on items shipped from Canadian sources after the province of the Ontario government broadcast an anti-import tax advertisement using ex-President Reagan.

In a social media message on Saturday, Trump called the advert a "deception" and criticized Canada's authorities for not pulling it prior to the baseball championship.

"Due to their significant distortion of the truth, and hostile act, I am raising the Tariff on Canada by 10% in addition to what they are paying now," he wrote.

Subsequent to the President on Thursday ended trade talks with Canada, the Ontario's leader announced he would remove the commercial.

The Province Response

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on last Friday that he would pause his region's anti-tariff ad campaign in the United States, advising reporters that he made the decision after talks with Prime Minister Carney "so that trade negotiations can continue".

He also said it would continue to air during the weekend, featuring matches for the World Series, which features the Toronto Blue Jays against the Dodgers.

Trade Background

The Canadian nation is the only G7 country that has not achieved a deal with the United States since Donald Trump commenced attempting to charge high tariffs on items from primary trade partners.

The America has already applied a 35% levy on every Canada's items - though most are exempt under an existing free trade agreement. It has also imposed industry-specific duties on Canada's products, including a fifty percent levy on metal products and 25 percent on automobiles.

In his update, sent while he was traveling to Malaysia, the President appeared to state he was adding 10 percentage points to those taxes.

Seventy-five percent of Canada's exports are sent to the US, and the province is host to the largest share of Canadian car production.

Reagan Advertisement Details

The advert, which was funded by the Ontario authorities, quotes late President Ronald Reagan, a Republican and icon of American conservatism, remarking duties "damage American citizens".

The video includes segments from a 1987 radio speech that focused on foreign trade.

The Ronald Reagan Foundation, which is tasked with protecting the late president's legacy, had criticized the advertisement for using "carefully chosen" recordings and said it misrepresented Reagan's 1987 speech. It also said the Ontario government had not sought permission to use it.

Ongoing Disputes

In his post on his platform on Saturday, Trump claimed that the advertisement should have been taken down earlier.

"Ontario's Advertisement was to be taken down AT ONCE, but they allowed it to air yesterday during the baseball championship, realizing that it was a LIE," he wrote, while en route to Malaysia.

Doug Ford had earlier vowed to broadcast the Ronald Reagan advertisement in every Republican area in the US.

Both the President and Carney will be attending the Southeast Asian summit in the Malaysian nation, but Donald Trump told the media accompanying him on the presidential plane that he does not have any "desire" of speaking with his Canadian counterpart during the journey.

In his message, Trump additionally accused the Canadian government of trying to manipulate an future Supreme Court legal case which could end his complete import duty program.

The lawsuit, to be considered by the Supreme Court soon, will determine whether the tariffs are lawful.

On last Thursday, the President also condemned, saying that the commercial was created to "interfere" with "THE MOST IMPORTANT CASE EVER"

World Series Link

The advertisement is not the exclusive way that the region – location of the Blue Jays – is using the baseball championship as a platform to criticize the President's tariffs.

In a recording shared on last Friday, Ford and California Governor Newsom jokingly made bets about which side would win the series.

The two leaders repeatedly teased about import taxes in the video, with the Premier vowing to deliver Newsom a container of Canadian syrup if the Dodgers triumph.

"The duty might charge me a higher price at the crossing these days, but it'll be worth it," he wrote.

In reply, Newsom requested Ford to continue enabling American-produced beverages to be sold in regional alcohol shops, and vowed to send "the state's top-quality vino" if the Blue Jays succeed.

They finished their conversation both stating: "To a excellent baseball championship, and a duty-free alliance between the region and CA."