Sen. Bill Harverty, R-Tenn.
President Donald Trump has pulled out of trade talks with Canada – after Canada tried to use former president Ronald Reagan’s words about Trump’s sweeping tariff policies, and after Canada has included some protectionist policies.
The government of the Canadian province of Ontario has released an Ad Oct. 14 Quoting a radio address Reagan delivered in April 1987 in which he said, “Creating trade barriers hurts everyone who deals with and consumers.”
Meanwhile, Canada has backed many protectionist policies for decades, and in recent years. These policies attempt to restrict foreign trade to create less competition for domestic industries through tariffs or import tariffs.
President Donald Trump has pulled out of trade talks with Canada – after Canada tried to use former president Ronald Reagan’s words about Trump’s Carrif tariffs. (Bettmann/Provider/Getty Images)
For example, Canada is known for its supply management system with regulatory provisions governing dairy products dating back to the 1960s. The Canada-United States-Mexico agreement signed in 2020 is that a certain amount of milk imports are subject to minimum tariffs or no tariffs, but any higher imports, but any imports above those tariff limits – Often more than 200%, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Recently, Canada unveiled 100% tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China by October 2024 in an attempt to protect its domestic industry. That month, it slapped a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports from China.
Ontario Premier Doug Doug Ford, saved, said Oct. 14 that the ad campaign wanted to “move the words of Ronald Reagan and stop blasting it to the American people” on major American networks.
“It’s not a bad ad,” Ford said. “It’s very true. And you come up with someone like Ronald Reagan, every Republican Republican is going to get that voice.”
The ad, which will stop airing monday, was not received warmly in the US in response, Trump hit Canada for the withdrawal of Canada after meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada Oct. 7.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark in the Oval Office of the White House Oct. 7, 2025, Washington. (anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“Canada cheated and was caught cheating and took a big ad and said Ronald Reagan didn’t like the tariffs, when he was protecting his security,” Trump told the Media Post on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, The non-profit organization that wants to continue his legacy, issued a statement on Thursday saying that the ad campaign used a “chosen sound” to “surprise the highlights”.
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The speech was sent after Reagan had recently imposed new tariffs on Japanese semiconductors, and issued a statement justifying the decision, despite his reputation for promoting free trade policies. Reagan said that he finally imposed the payment because the Japanese were not raising their end of trade negotiations with the US
“We had clear evidence that Japanese companies were engaged in unfair trade practices that violated the agreement between Japan and the United States,” Reagan said in a similar speech. “We expect our trading partners to live up to their agreements.”
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Reagan said that “tariffs or trade barriers of any kind are constructive measures that I should take.”
Canadian Prime Minister Per Carney invites US President Donald Trump to the Offer Decem Ceremony during the 2025 G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta. (Chip somodevilla / Getty Images)
Overall, Reagan’s legacy shows that he was “a staunch champion of free and open trade,” according to Michael Grain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.
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“Throughout his presidency — and outside of it — Reagan publicly emphasized the virtues of free trade,” Harding said in an email Monday to Fox News Digital. “The President understood the economic benefits of free trade and the economic harm of protectionism. More than economics, Reagan understood that freedom of trade – including elements of broad freedom guaranteed to all Americans.”
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