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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Joanna Partridge

Trump says all Canada trade talks ‘terminated’ over ad criticising tariffs

Donald Trump and Mark Carney talking to each other
Donald Trump and Mark Carney meeting earlier this month. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump has announced an immediate end to “all trade negotiations” with Canada over a television advertisement opposing US tariffs that quoted the former US president Ronald Reagan.

The ad, which was paid for by the government of the Canadian province of Ontario, uses excerpts of a 1987 speech where Reagan says “trade barriers hurt every American worker”.

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