The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that President Donald Trump has ended trade talks with Canada over an Ontario government anti-tariff ad campaign running in the United States, prompting Premier Doug Ford to pull the ad at the request of Prime Minister Mark Carney. A triple-bylined item led by Adrian Morrow says that the abrupt break in negotiations follows mounting White House frustration with Ottawa, which so far hasn't agreed to the sort of punitive trade deal that other U.S. trading partners have accepted. Mr. Trump became annoyed Thursday night at the ad, which features archival footage of late former U.S. president Ronald Reagan warning that tariffs are economically disastrous. In Truth Social posts Thursday and Friday, the U.S. President declared that "ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ARE HEREBY TERMINATED," incorrectly claimed that Mr. Reagan "LOVED TARIFFS," and accused Canada of "trying to illegally influence the United States Supreme Court" on a coming case over Mr. Trump's levies. Mr. Ford allocated $75-million for the campaign, which ran across all four major U.S. television networks and several cable channels, including Fox News. The PM on Friday said Canada was ready to resume talks at any time.
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