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A Canadian government official says Prime Minister Mark Carney was not given any warning about the added tariff.
Carney is in Malaysia for the ASEAN summit and has not spoken to Trump.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpenchuk in Toronto.
The anti-tariff ad campaign featured clips of an address by former President Ronald Reagan saying tariffs do not work.
An infuriated Trump terminated all trade talks with Canada calling the ads a fraud.
The government of Ontario, which paid $75 million Canadian for the ads, planned to pull them on Monday, still leaving them to be seen by millions of Americans watching the World Series.
Now Trump says they should have been taken off the air immediately, and he announced a further 10% tariff on Canadian goods as punishment.
A Canadian government official says Prime Minister Mark Carney was not given any warning about the added tariff.
Carney is in Malaysia for the ASEAN summit and has not spoken to Trump.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpinchuck in Toronto.
In a social media post, Trump said, quote, Canada cheated.
And the ad fraudulently uses remarks from a 1987 radio address by then-President Ronald Reagan.
Trump announced that he was calling off trade talks with Canada.
The move is seen as a serious setback for the Canadian economy.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is paying for the $75 million ad campaign.
Ford says the intention was always to begin a conversation about the impact of the tariffs and get Trump to take notice.
But after speaking to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ford agreed to pull the ads beginning on Monday.
However, they will still run during televised coverage of the first two games of the World Series.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpenchuk in Toronto.
For those not fortunate enough to scoop up tickets for the game at Toronto's Rogers Centre, they can still watch the game at home and in pubs, restaurants and sports bars.