Trump turns a World Series ad into a tariff threat against Canada
Trump said he would slap an extra 10 percent tariff on Canadian imports after Ontario kept airing an anti-tariff television ad that used Ronald Reagan’s words. He also said he was ending trade talks with Canada, then doubled down publicly while the ad was still running during World Series broadcasts. The move turned a messaging fight into a policy escalation and made his trade diplomacy look impulsive, thin-skinned, and negotiable only on his worst days.
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Trump turns a World Series ad into a tariff threat against Canada
Trump said he would slap an extra 10 percent tariff on Canadian imports after Ontario kept airing an anti-tariff television ad that used Ronald Reagan’s words. He also said he was ending trade talks with Canada, then doubled down publicly while the ad was still running during World Series broadcasts. The move turned a messaging fight into a policy escalation and made his trade diplomacy look impulsive, thin-skinned, and negotiable only on his worst days.
Trump said he would slap an extra 10 percent tariff on Canadian imports after Ontario kept airing an anti-tariff television ad that used Ronald Reagan’s words. He also said he was ending trade talks with Canada, then doubled down publicly while the ad was still running during World Series broadcasts. The move turned a messaging fight into a policy escalation and made his trade diplomacy look impulsive, thin-skinned,…
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