President Donald Trump canceled trade talks with Canada on Thursday, citing a recent ad released by the government of Canada’s Ontario province that quoted former President Ronald Reagan’s 1987 radio address to the nation on fair trade.

The president took to Truth Social to declare that talks with Canada were tabled due to an advertisement featuring President Ronald Reagan.

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The 1987 radio speech - Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade - begins with Reagan saying Japan's prime minister will visit the White House and "recent disagreements" on trade will be discussed. Reagan had recently placed tariffs on some Japanese goods over a trade agreement dispute.

The 1987 radio address by the late former U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the centre of a new U.S.-Canada row was a defence of free but fair trade in which he explained his decision to put duties on Japanese goods in a trade dispute.