🔗 Share this article Trump Raises Duties on Canada's Goods After Reagan Commercial Donald Trump announced the tariff increase while flying to Asia on the weekend Donald Donald Trump has declared he is hiking duties on goods imported from Canada after the province of the Ontario government aired an anti-tariff advertisement featuring former President Ronald Reagan. In a Truth Social message on Saturday, the President described the advert a "fraud" and condemned Canada's officials for not removing it before the MLB finals. "Because of their serious distortion of the reality, and aggressive move, I am hiking the import tax on Canadian goods by 10% over and above what they are currently paying now," he wrote. Following Donald Trump on last Thursday pulled out of commercial discussions with Canada, the Ontario's leader said he would remove the commercial. Ontario Reaction Doug Ford Doug Ford said on Friday that he would pause his region's anti-import tax advertisement campaign in the US, telling reporters that he chose after talks with the Prime Minister the Canadian PM "in order that commercial discussions can resume". He also said it would still run during the weekend, including matches for the baseball championship, which features the Toronto Blue Jays facing the Los Angeles Dodgers. Commercial Background Canada is the exclusive G7 nation that has not secured a arrangement with the US since the President commenced seeking to charge steep import taxes on items from primary commercial allies. The US has already applied a thirty-five percent tax on every Canadian goods - though the majority are exempt under an present commercial pact. It has furthermore imposed targeted taxes on Canada's items, featuring a 50% tax on metal products and 25% on vehicles. In his post, published while he was traveling to Asia, Trump indicated he was imposing an additional 10% to these duties. Seventy-five percent of Canada's exported goods are sold to the US, and the region is home to the bulk of the nation's car production. Reagan Advertisement Information The advert, which was sponsored by the Ontario authorities, cites ex-President Ronald Reagan, a Republican and figure of American conservatism, stating duties "hurt American citizens". The video takes excerpts from a 1987 radio speech that addressed international trade. The Ronald Reagan Foundation, which is tasked with maintaining the former president's legacy, had condemned the commercial for using "selective" sound and footage and said it falsified Reagan's speech. It further noted the Ontario government had not sought authorization to use it. Continuing Tensions In his message on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump claimed that the advert should have been pulled down before. "Ontario's Commercial was to be removed AT ONCE, but they allowed it to air last night during the World Series, realizing that it was a LIE," he wrote, while en route to Southeast Asia. Ford had previously promised to run the Reagan commercial in every Republican-led region in the US. Each of Trump and Mark Carney will be going to the Association of Southeast Asian Nation in the Malaysian nation, but Trump told the media joining him on Air Force One that he does not have any "plan" of conferring with his Canadian counterpart during the trip. In his message, the President further alleged Canada of seeking to influence an upcoming Supreme Court lawsuit which could halt his entire tariff regime. The case, to be considered by the highest US court next month, will decide whether the tariffs are lawful. On Thursday, the President further lashed out, stating that the advertisement was intended to "interfere" with "THE MOST IMPORTANT CASE EVER" Baseball Championship Connection The Reagan ad is not the exclusive way that the region – base of the Blue Jays – is using the baseball championship as a platform to criticize Trump's import taxes. In a video posted on last Friday, Ford and California Governor the Governor humorously agreed on stakes about which club would succeed in the series. Each official frequently bantered about duties in the recording, with Doug Ford promising to deliver Newsom a container of Canadian syrup if the Los Angeles team win. "The import tax might set me back a additional dollars at the frontier currently, but it'll be acceptable," he wrote. In answer, the Governor asked the Premier to restart permitting US-made drinks to be available in Ontario alcohol shops, and pledged to provide "our championship-worthy grape drink" if the Toronto team triumph. They finished their dialogue together declaring: "To a fantastic World Series, and a duty-free friendship between the region and the state."