<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>US President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> said late on Thursday that he was ending "all trade negotiations" with </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/canada" rel="" target="" title="Canada"><span>Canada</span></a><span> because of a television ad opposing </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> tariffs that he said misstated the facts and called "egregious behaviour" aimed at influencing US court decisions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The post on Trump's social media site came after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he aims to double his country's exports to countries outside the US because of the threat posed by Trump's tariffs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump's call for an abrupt end to negotiations could further inflame trade tensions that have already been building between the two neighbouring countries for months.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/toolooa-fatal-house-fire-charges-murder-gladstone-queensland-news/bb389c85-26aa-4156-a6f4-e604d7be8634" target="_blank"><strong><span>Woman charged with murder after mother, boys die in house fire</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump posted, "The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The ad was for $75,000. They only did this to interfere with the decision of the US Supreme Court, and other courts," Trump wrote on his social media site.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE USA Based on their egregious behaviour, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/trump-says-hes-ending-trade-talks-with-canada-over-tv-ads/5619d287-0cc8-44b2-b473-84299bf8326a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carney's office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The prime minister was set to leave Friday morning for a summit in Asia, while Trump is set to do the same Friday evening.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier on Thursday night, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute posted on </span><em><span>X</span></em><span> that an ad created by the government of Ontario "misrepresents the 'Presidential Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade' dated April 25, 1987."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It added that Ontario did not receive foundation permission "to use and edit the remarks."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/dezi-freeman-search-taskforce-to-take-over-manhunt-porepunkah-mount-buffalo-victoria-crime-news/0aaecc4d-293a-4d1a-809d-0af5759dc0af" target="_blank"><strong><span>Specialist taskforce to take over search for Dezi Freeman</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The foundation said it is "reviewing legal options in this matter" and invited the public to watch the unedited video of Reagan's address.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carney met with Trump earlier this month to try to ease trade tensions, as the two countries and Mexico prepare for a review of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement — a trade deal Trump negotiated in his first term, but has since soured on.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than three-quarters of Canadian exports go to the US, and nearly $CAD 3.6 billion ($3.9 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border daily.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump said earlier this week that he had seen the ad on television and said that it showed that his tariffs were having an impact.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I saw an ad last night from Canada. If I was Canada, I'd take that same ad also," he said then.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In his own post on </span><em><span>X</span></em><span> last week, Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, posted a link to the ad and the message: "It's official: Ontario's new advertising campaign in the US has launched."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He continued, "Using every tool we have, we'll never stop making the case against American tariffs on Canada. The way to prosperity is by working together."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A spokesperson for Ford didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday night. But </span><em><span>Ford</span></em><span> previously got Trump's attention with an electricity surcharge to US states.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/rebel-wilson-lashed-in-film-lawsuit/b6c29969-c92c-4ef9-9e8c-63ba00bd2f51" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Clearly not too busy': Rebel Wilson lashed in film lawsuit</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump responded by doubling steel and aluminium tariffs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The president has moved to impose steep US tariffs on many goods from Canada.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In April, Canada's government imposed retaliatory levies on certain US goods, but it carved out exemptions for some automakers to bring specific numbers of vehicles into the country, known as remission quotas.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump's tariffs have especially hurt Canada's auto sector, much of which is based in Ontario. 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