News of October 28th (editor ÁõÈï)The U.S.-US trade relationship once again fell into impasse recently: U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week that he would end all talks with Canada and announced an additional 10% tariff on Canada over the weekend.

Canadian Prime Minister Carney and President Trump in the Oval Office

The cause of this disturbance was only that an anti-tariff advertisement was produced and broadcast in Ontario, Canada, which aroused Trump's dissatisfaction.

Although the advertisement has now been suspended, Ontario Governor Doug Ford has insisted on refusing to apologize for the anti-tariff advertisement.

Ford revealed that Trump¡¯s named criticisms, on the other hand, made the advertisement much more exposed than expected. At the same time, he also dismissed the US President Reagan Foundation¡¯s ¡°false¡± accusations about the advertising content.

"We've achieved our goal, which is to make sure we can open up a conversation with the American people and their elected officials. Oh my God, it really has opened up." Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in an interview. "This is the best advertising I've ever seen, I dare say it."

An advertisement angered Trump.

The Canadian ad, which angered Trump, showed former US President Ronald Reagan's different remarks about "free and fair trade" when he announced his decision to impose tariffs on Japan in 1987.

In this one-minute advertisement, President Reagan¡¯s voice said in an outline:

Trump Accuses Canada of Releasing 'Fake' Video of US President Reagan's Speech

"When someone says, 'Let's impose tariffs on foreign imports,' it looks like they are doing something patriotic and protecting American products and jobs. Sometimes it works for a short time-but only for a short time... In the long run, such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer."

Last Thursday, US President Trump announced that he had terminated trade negotiations with Canada in view of the complaint of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Research Institute about this advertisement, calling it "false" and "fraudulent".

After Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney communicated with Ford, Ford said he agreed to suspend the broadcast of the ad, but on the condition that it still insisted on broadcasting the ad during the Major League Baseball World Series on Friday and Saturday Eastern Time.

Trump is obviously still not happy with this. On Saturday afternoon, Eastern Time, Trump said that he would raise the tariff on Canada by 10%, saying that the advertisement was an attempt to influence the US Supreme Court's deliberation on the legality of its measures.

Trump also suggested without evidence that Ontario used artificial intelligence technology to tamper with Reagan's remarks.

On Monday, Trump said he didn¡¯t want to meet with Carney, and would not do so in the near future, despite the fact that they would attend an international summit in Asia later this week.

Ontario will not'cave in '

Ford, on the other hand, said Trump respects power, so that Ontario should not ¡°give in¡± for a trade deal:

The picture shows Ontario Governor Doug Ford

¡°My intention is never to knock the president¡¯s nose.My intention is to show the American people that it¡¯s a very serious thing that if you can¡¯t make a fair trade deal with your closest allies, you¡¯ll lose a lot of jobs.¡±

He claimed that This advertisement is just an "excuse" for Trump to suspend the US-Canada negotiations.

Ontario is Canada¡¯s largest provincial economy, with a population of 40% of the nation¡¯s population, and exports to the United States are critical to the province¡¯s economy.

Ford said auto exports have been ignored in trade negotiations between the United States and Canada, an industry that is crucial to the Ontario economy.

He added, ¡°There was no mention of cars at all in the negotiations.¡±¡°A number of carmakers have delayed new investments in Ontario in recent weeks due to Trump¡¯s tariffs on the industry.

By 2023, motor vehicles and parts are Ontario¡¯s largest exports, with exports of approximately $52 billion.

Trump's name instead increased advertising exposure

Ford also said that after the Ontario-based anti-tariff ad, the ad had seen a much higher click-through than expected ¨C mainly because of Trump¡¯s criticism of the ad, instead of bringing more attention to the ad.

A spokesman for the Ontario Governor said they had anticipated that the ad would generally get 1 billion views, but in fact, as of now, The ad has received approximately 11.4 billion views., which includes presence volume on news reports and social media. The spokesman said that this figure includes many people watching the ad many times.

Ford also dismissed Reagan Foundation¡¯s misleading claims about the advertisement, saying that Ontario had requested an American law firm to review the advertisement. Against the Reagan Foundation¡¯s threat of legal lawsuits, Ford said: ¡°Do whatever they want to do.

On Sunday, former US Vice President Mike Pence posted a commentary on the X-Platform, adding: ¡°Whatever the current president says, Reagan is a supporter of free trade.¡±