1987 national radio address, external<\/a> by Reagan that focused on foreign trade.<\/p>\n“When someone says let’s impose tariffs on foreign imports, it looks like they’re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes, for a short while it works, but only for a short time,” Reagan says.<\/p>\n
“But over the long run, such trade barriers hurt every American, worker and consumer.<\/p>\n
“High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars… Markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industries shut down and millions of people lose their jobs,” Reagan adds.<\/p>\n
In the post accompanying the video, Ontario Premier Doug Ford wrote that “we’ll never stop making the case against American tariffs on Canada.”<\/p>\n
In a post on X, the Ronald Reagan Foundation said that the Ontario government had used “selective audio and video” of the former US president’s remarks on tariffs.<\/p>\n
“The Government of Ontario did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks,” the statement added. <\/p>\n
The foundation said the advert “misrepresents” the former president’s address, without specifying why.<\/p>\n
It said the foundation is “reviewing its legal options”.<\/p>\n
The BBC has contacted the Canadian embassy in the US and the Government of Ontario for comment.<\/p>\n
The advert was run as part of a campaign worth $75m Canadian dollars (\u00a340m; $54m) on mainstream TV channels in the US.<\/p>\n
Trump has also imposed sector-specific levies on Canadian goods, including 50% on metals and 25% on automobiles.<\/p>\n
The White House’s global tariffs – particularly on steel, aluminium and cars – have hit Canada hard, forcing job losses and putting pressure on businesses.<\/p>\n
China’s embassy in Washington also used a similar Reagan clip in a post on X, external<\/a> to cast doubt on Trump’s global tariffs earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the minute-long advert published by the Ontario government last week, Reagan’s voice is heard narrating over images…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-221861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}