Washington, Oct 24 (AP) President Donald Trump announced he's ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad sponsored by one of its provinces that used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticise US tariffs — prompting the province's leader to later pull the ad.

The post on Trump's social media site came Thursday night ratcheted up tensions with the US' northern neighbour after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he plans to double his country's exports to countries outside the US because of the threat posed by Trump's tariffs. White House officials said Trump's reaction was a culmination of the administration's long, pent-up frustration about Canada's strategy in trade talks.

Later Friday, Ontario premier Doug Ford, whose province had sponsored the ad, said it would be taken down.

Ford said after talking with Prime Minister Mark Carney he's decided to pause the advertising campaign effective Monday so that trade talks can resume. Ford said they've achieved their goal, having reached US audiences at the highest levels.

“Our intention was always to initiate a conversation about the kind of economy that Americans want to build and the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses," Ford said. “We've achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels.” (AP) RD RD

Canada-US trade talks halted over a provincial ad criticizing tariffs; the province paused the ad to allow talks to resume. The President terminated bilateral trade negotiations with Canada citing a provincially sponsored ad criticizing U.S. tariff measures; the provincial government then announced it would pause the advertising campaign and remove the contested ad to permit resumption of talks, framing the campaign as intended to inform U.S. audiences about tariff impacts on workers and businesses.