Donald Trump has reignited a trade battle with Canada after the province of Ontario broadcast an ad showing Republican icon Ronald Reagan criticising tariffs in a televised address to the nation in 1987.
Trump protested that Reagan “loved tariffs”, just as he does, and vowed to increase levies on imports from the US’s northern neighbour over what he claimed was a deceptive campaign.
But Reagan, who served as president between 1981 and 1989, was a devout champion of open trade who used tariffs sparingly and reluctantly. In contrast, Trump has put these trade measures at the heart of his economic policy.
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