Trade Trump announces additional tariffs against Canada
US President Donald Trump has announced additional tariffs of ten percent against Canada. The reason given by the Republican on the Truth Social platform was that an allegedly misleading Canadian advertising campaign against tariffs had not been removed immediately.
25.10.2025, 22:58
26.10.2025, 00:26
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Instead, it was shown last night during a World Series baseball game, Trump wrote.
On Friday, the Canadian province of Ontario suspended the airing of the anti-tariff ad clip after heavy criticism from Trump - but not with immediate effect. The Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, announced on Platform X that Ontario would suspend its advertising campaign from Monday following a discussion with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Ford: We have achieved our goal
Trump had previously halted trade talks with the neighboring country because of the advertising clip. Ford justified the pause in the advertising clip by saying that it would allow talks to resume. It is now becoming clear that this will not happen for the time being.
The Premier of Ontario had already announced that the advertising campaign would continue to be shown this weekend. The goal had been achieved by reaching the American public at the highest level. The intention was to initiate a discussion about the consequences of tariffs on employees and companies.
Former President Reagan can be heard in commercials
Even when Trump announced the suspension of trade talks with the neighboring country, he accused Canada of a misleading advertising campaign. In the video released by the government of the Canadian province of Ontario, the voice of former US President Ronald Reagan can be heard commenting on the disadvantages of tariffs. Tariffs are one of Trump's favorite foreign policy tools, as he repeatedly emphasizes.
The US organization The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute had previously complained that the recordings of an earlier radio address by Reagan from 1987 had been used without permission for the advertising clip - and that the makers of the video had misleadingly embedded the "selectively used" statements of the Republican, who died in 2004, in the video. Legal action is being considered, the organization wrote in a statement published on X.
In his latest post, Trump accused Canada of "hostile action" in addition to misrepresentation. He also once again insinuated that Canada wanted to influence judges in the USA who deal with tariffs.
Trump was referring to the highest court in the USA. The Supreme Court is currently dealing with Trump's tariff policy at the request of the US government. The US President is hoping for a tailwind from the judges after suffering defeats in lower courts.
Most recently, the mood between the neighboring countries was still good
A few weeks ago, Trump received Canadian Prime Minister Carney at the White House - and had kind words for him. They wanted to reach agreements that were good for both countries, he said. Trump also spoke of the progress that had been made in recent months.
Previously, US tariffs of 35 percent on many imports from Canada had come into force in August. Trump justified the move by claiming that Canada was doing too little to combat drug trafficking and that narcotics were entering the USA via the border. During Carney's visit a few weeks ago, Trump praised the fact that the country was now taking stronger action against drug trafficking.
