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Donald Donald Trump has announced he is hiking tariffs on goods shipped from Canadian sources after the province of Ontario broadcast an anti-import tax advertisement featuring late President Ronald Reagan.

In a social media update on Saturday, the President called the advert a "fraud" and lashed out at Canada's leaders for not removing it before the baseball championship.

"Due to their major distortion of the reality, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by ten percent over and above what they are currently paying now," he stated.

Subsequent to the President on last Thursday ended trade negotiations with Canada, the Doug Ford said he would remove the advertisement.

The Province Position

Ontario Leader Doug Ford said on last Friday that he would pause his province's anti-tariff commercial series in the US, informing journalists that he decided after talks with the Prime Minister Carney "to ensure commercial discussions can continue".

He noted it would still run over the weekend, featuring games for the baseball championship, which features the Toronto Blue Jays facing the LA team.

Economic Background

Canada is the sole Group of Seven country that has not reached a arrangement with the US since the President started seeking to charge steep duties on goods from primary trade partners.

The United States has earlier imposed a 35 percent tax on all Canada's items - though many are exempt under an present free trade agreement. It has also imposed sector-specific duties on Canadian items, including a 50 percent tax on steel and aluminum and 25% on vehicles.

In his post, posted while he was flying to Asia, Trump seemed to say he was adding an additional 10% to those taxes.

Seventy-five percent of Canada's exports are sold to the United States, and the province is host to the majority of Canadian automobile manufacturing.

Reagan Advertisement Information

The commercial, which was sponsored by the provincial government, quotes former US President Reagan, a Republican and figure of US conservatism, saying duties "harm American citizens".

The advertisement uses clips from a 1987 national radio address that addressed international trade.

The Ronald Reagan Foundation, which is charged with maintaining the ex-president's legacy, had criticized the commercial for using "carefully chosen" sound and footage and claimed it falsified the former president's remarks. It further noted the Ontario authorities had not obtained permission to use it.

Current Tensions

In his post on Truth Social on Saturday, the President said that the advert should have been pulled down earlier.

"The Advertisement was to be pulled AT ONCE, but they let it run recently during the baseball championship, realizing that it was a FRAUD," he wrote, while en route to Southeast Asia.

Ford had earlier promised to air the Reagan advertisement in every Republican region in the United States.

The two Trump and Mark Carney will be attending the ASEAN in Malaysia, but the President advised the media joining him on the presidential plane that he does not have any "plan" of conferring with his Canada's leader during the visit.

In his post, the President additionally claimed Canadian officials of seeking to influence an upcoming US Supreme Court legal case which could terminate his complete tax system.

The legal matter, to be considered by the highest US court soon, will rule on whether the import taxes are legal.

On Thursday, Donald Trump also criticized, saying that the advert was designed to "tamper" with "a crucial lawsuit"

Baseball Championship Connection

The Reagan commercial is not the only way that Ontario – home of the Toronto Blue Jays – is using the baseball championship as a opportunity to criticise Trump's import taxes.

In a recording posted on Friday, Doug Ford and California Governor the Governor playfully placed wagers about which club would triumph the championship.

The two leaders frequently teased about tariffs in the recording, with Ford promising to send Gavin Newsom a tin of Canadian syrup if the LA Dodgers triumph.

"The import tax might cost me a additional dollars at the frontier currently, but it'll be acceptable," Ford said.

In answer, Newsom requested the Premier to restart allowing American-produced alcohol to be marketed in regional liquor stores, and promised to send "our premium vino" if the Jays succeed.

They finished their conversation each declaring: "To a great World Series, and a tariff-free alliance between Ontario and the state."