Trump Raises Tariffs on Canadian Goods by Another 10%

American President Donald Trump has announced that he is increasing tariffs on Canadian goods by an additional 10 percent, world agencies reported. His decision was due to a Canadian video that spoke out against the imposition of the tariff and used footage of American President Ronald Reagan.

"Their ad should have been taken down IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series (in baseball - ed.), knowing it was a SCAM," Trump wrote on the "Truth Social" platform, quoted by Agence France-Presse. "Because of their gross misrepresentation of the facts and hostile act, I am increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% above what they are currently paying," Trump said in a statement while traveling to Malaysia, where he will attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit.

On Thursday, the US president announced that he was withdrawing from trade talks with Canada. Ontario Premier Doug Ford then said that the Reagan video would be stopped, but would still be shown over the weekend during the World Series.

The video was produced and funded by the Canadian province of Ontario. It includes a quote from US President Ronald Reagan, who said that the tariffs "hurt every American". The quote is an excerpt from a radio address to the nation that Reagan gave in 1987 and in which he focused on foreign trade. Reagan, who died in 2004, was a central figure in the conservative movement in the United States, the BBC recalls.

Canada is the only G-7 country that has not yet reached an agreement with the United States after Trump announced that he would impose significant increases in tariffs on American trading partners. Until now, the United States applied a 35% tariff on all Canadian goods, although most managed to avoid the tariffs because of the existing free trade agreement between the two countries. Washington has also imposed tariffs on specific Canadian products, such as 50% on metals and 25% on cars.

Three-quarters of Canadian exports go to the United States, and Ontario is the main place where Canada produces cars, the BBC points out.