President Donald Trump's barrage of tariffs has quickly strained the United States' longstanding relationship with Canada over the last year. Since taking office in January, Trump has threatened Canada's economy and sovereignty with steep import taxes on its goods.

An advertisement funded by the Government of Ontario has disrupted trade negotiations between the United States and Canada.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday that Canada stands ready to resume trade talks with the United States that President Donald Trump halted over an anti-tariff advertisement issued by Ontario's provincial government.

The latest round in the very syncopated Canadian-American tariff disagreements and discussions has more the air of oversized children in a sandbox hurling mud balls at each other than statesmen of governments of serious countries attempting to resolve a disagreement.

Nine years after Hillary Clinton warned voters about the dangers those who are “provoked by a tweet,” Trump threw a tantrum over a Canadian TV commercial.

The Trump administration is widely expected to make a fresh agreement on trade this week with China, and U.S. stocks are rallying Monday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford responds to U.S. President Donald Trump's new 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 4, 2025. REUTERS/Kyaw Soe Oo/File Photo OTTAWA (Reuters) -The premier of Canada’s most populous province has again complicated the country’s delicate trade negotiations with the U.