Trump said he was increasing tariffs on Canadian products by an additional 10 percent “above current levels.” The American president once again accused the creators of the advertisement and the authorities of the province of Ontario, which ordered it, of “misleading the audience.” Trump demanded an immediate halt to the broadcast of the ads. On Thursday evening, the US president announced that he was breaking off trade talks with Canada for this reason.
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On Friday, the authorities of the Ontario province announced that they would stop broadcasting an advertisement in which they oppose US tariffs, but they will do it only on Monday. Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford said he had agreed this with the head of the Canadian government, Mark Carney.
“We achieved our goal”
“Our intention has always been to start a conversation about the type of economy Americans want to build and the effects of tariffs on workers and businesses. We achieved our goal, we reached the US audience at the highest level – he added and noted that the TV ads will be broadcast over the weekend so that viewers of the MLB baseball league final, called the World Series, can watch them.
This year, teams from the capital of Ontario, Toronto, and Los Angeles take part in the best-of-four competition. The first match took place on Saturday in Toronto, the next one is scheduled for Sunday evening, also in Canada. The baseball league final is hugely popular throughout North America, as well as in Venezuela, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
