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Topics: Donald Trump, Canada, Tariffs, Politics, US News
Niamh Shackleton
Topics: Donald Trump, Canada, Tariffs, Politics, US News
Canada has been dealt another blow from Donald Trump shortly after the president called off any trade talks with them.
America's relationship with Canada has been somewhat frosty since earlier this year, when Trump brought in a series of unpopular tariffs on dozens of countries across the globe.
The US' neighboring countries were some of the worst hit, with the like of Mexico and Canada being slapped with 25 percent tariffs in February on all goods coming into the States.
Elsewhere all countries were hit with 10 percent tariffs as a baseline.
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Canada's tariffs were then hiked to 35 percent over the summer on all American goods, however many items are exempt under the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Canada and the US have been in trade talks ever since Trump announced the tariffs, but the POTUS announced that he was terminating discussions after learning of an anti-tariff advert quoting Ronald Reagan promoting free trade.
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The ad was paid for by the government of the Canadian province of Ontario and went down like a lead balloon with Trump, who called it 'fraudulent' and 'fake'.
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Following his scathing Truth Social post announcing that he was terminating talks with Canada, Trump has now revealed he's adding an extra 10 percent on the country's taxes 'over and above what they are paying now'.
He wrote on social media: "Canada was caught, red handed, putting up a fraudulent advertisement on Ronald Reagan’s Speech on Tariffs.
"The Reagan Foundation said that they, 'created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address,' and 'did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter.'"
He continued to rant: "The sole purpose of this FRAUD was Canada’s hope that the United States Supreme Court will come to their 'rescue' on Tariffs that they have used for years to hurt the United States.
"Now the United States is able to defend itself against high and overbearing Canadian Tariffs (and those from the rest of the World as well!)."
Trump went on to say that Reagan supposedly 'loved tariffs for purposes of National Security and the economy'.
Proceeding to call Canada's decision to commission the advert as an 'hostile act', the president stated that he was hiking its tariffs once more.