Trump Says He’s Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada NYT | Top Stories By: Ana Swanson and Matina Stevis-Gridneff 24 October 2025 at 22:47 The president said he was motivated by an ad, paid for by the province of Ontario, that featured Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs in a 1987 radio address. © Haiyun Jiang/The New York TimesPresident Trump with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada in the Oval Office earlier this month.