President Donald Trump said in a social media post Saturday that a Canadian TV ad criticizing tariffs was a “hostile act,” and in response, “I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now.

The Senate approved a resolution blocking President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada on Wednesday evening, dealing a symbolic blow to the president’s trade policy. Republican Sens.

Canadian and American trade negotiators were starting to put ideas about a potential agreement on paper before U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly ended trade talks last week, Canada’s ambassador in Washington says.

President Donald Trump is incensed at a television spot produced by Ontario featuring a 1987 speech by former President Ronald Reagan railing against tariffs. Trump threatened to throw another 10% on top of existing tariffs and suspend talks with the United States’s second-largest trading partner if the ad kept running.

Trump abruptly terminated “all trade negotiations” with Canada last Thursday after he bashed an ad that featured the voice of former President Ronald Reagan.

President Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi on Thursday in an attempt to stop the trade war from escalating. Also, Trump terminated trade talks with Canada again after a TV ad played an audio of former President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs.