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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Joseph Gedeon in Washington

US and Canada spar over ad of Reagan denouncing tariffs that led to derailed trade talks

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Ronald Reagan giving his 1987 speech. Photograph: Ronald Reagan Library

After the US suspended all trade negotiations with Canada over a 1987 speech by Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs that appeared to spark Donald Trump’s ire, the premier of Ontario said he planned to run an ad featuring the speech again during the World Series on Friday.

Doug Ford, whose government ran the Reagan ad in US markets this week, first posted on X that the two nations were “stronger together”, while Trump added his own string of social media posts trumpeting the supposed benefits of tariffs.

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