Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada
U.S. president Trump escalates trade tensions following Canadian ad controversy
October 31, 2025
key points from this story:
- Trump threatens tariffs over Canadian ad
- U.S.-Canada relations grow more tenuous
- Trump rejects trade deals as binding
- Canada seeks new trade partners
- Chinese EV tariff complicates talks
- Free trade now a difficult objective
Showing once again he has more in common with a petulant child than he does with someone with the mantle of world leader US president Donald Trump is again threatening more tariffs on Canada. Trump intensified his criticism of Canada recently after terminating trade talks over a Canadian political advertisement that was used from Republican president Ronald Reagan, suggesting another 10 per cent will be added to what Canada already pays. In the clip Reagan is seen saying tariffs cause trade wars and economic disaster. Trump is in a tizzy suggesting the ad is fraudulent in taking Reagan’s broader presentation out of context – a position that seems a bit like crying wolf from a guy whose daily press conferences rarely pass the scrutiny of even a rudimentary fact check.
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