Washington — The government of Ontario will pause an anti-tariff ad campaign aimed at the U.S., the Canadian province's leader announced Friday , less than a day after President Trump vowed to end trade negotiations with Canada over an ad that uses late President Ronald Reagan's voice.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the ad campaign will be put on hold starting Monday "so that trade talks can resume." He said he's told his team to "keep putting our message in front of Americans over the weekend so that we can air our commercial during the first two World Series games."

The move came after Mr. Trump torched the ad on Truth Social late Friday, and wrote: "Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED."

The ad in question includes excerp

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