{"id":95915,"date":"2026-08-25T23:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T23:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/as-u-s-canada-trade-war-escalates-ontario-premier-doug-ford-says-trump-is-treating-us-like-were-communist-china\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T23:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T23:29:26","slug":"as-u-s-canada-trade-war-escalates-ontario-premier-doug-ford-says-trump-is-treating-us-like-were-communist-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/as-u-s-canada-trade-war-escalates-ontario-premier-doug-ford-says-trump-is-treating-us-like-were-communist-china\/","title":{"rendered":"As U.S.-Canada trade war escalates, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Trump is &#8220;treating us like we&#8217;re Communist China&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>As a budding trade war between the U.S. and Canada sparks a round of cross-border insults, the leader of Canada&#8217;s largest province told CBS News he&#8217;s hopeful that Canadian officials and President Trump&#8217;s team can reach an agreement \u2014 but cautioned that &#8220;no deal is better than a bad deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s treating us like we&#8217;re Communist China here,&#8221; Ontario Premier Doug Ford told CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, when discussing Mr. Trump&#8217;s trade strategy with the U.S.&#8217;s northern neighbor. &#8220;We&#8217;re the closest friends and allies that the U.S. has anywhere in the entire world, and I want to keep it that way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Talks between the two countries ended last week without a trade deal, leading the Trump administration to follow through on its threats to impose 50% tariffs on some $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-set-to-impose-50-percent-tariffs-on-canada-after-failed-talks\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">vowed to retaliate<\/a><\/span> &#8220;dollar for dollar&#8221; with <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/canada-imposes-tariffs-us-imports\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">his own 50% tariffs<\/a><\/span> on certain U.S. goods starting on Sept. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ford and Mr. Trump have slung invectives at each other in recent days. Mr. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117151799569745572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called Ford<\/a> &#8220;unimpressive&#8221; and a &#8220;flunky&#8221; of Carney, who belongs to a different political party but has drawn support from the Ontario premier. Ford, for his part, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/clip\/international-telecasts\/ontario-premier-ford-says-president-trump-can-kiss-my-a-amid-escalating-trade-tensions\/5204962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called the U.S. president<\/a> a &#8220;dictator&#8221; and said: &#8220;I have a lot of real estate on my a**, so he has a lot of room to kiss my a**.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117155789874645152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Tuesday<\/a> he&#8217;s considering renaming Lake Ontario to &#8220;Lake America&#8221; because &#8220;we don&#8217;t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Said Ford: &#8220;I have to laugh when he comes up with these ideas. It&#8217;s always going to be Lake Ontario here in Canada. \u2026 If he wants to name it Lake America, Lake Trump, whatever he wants to do, that&#8217;s his prerogative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The dispute could threaten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/foreign-trade\/statistics\/highlights\/topyr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">billions in annual trade<\/a> between the U.S. and its second-largest trading partner. Mr. Trump earlier this week <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-canadian-automotive-steel-tariffs\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">threatened further tariffs<\/a><\/span> on Canadian automotive and steel imports starting next year, once again accusing Canada of unfair trade practices.<\/p>\n<p>Ford called the tariffs an &#8220;unprovoked attack on Canadians.&#8221; But he also said he&#8217;s hopeful that &#8220;everyone comes to their senses and we have a fair deal for both countries,&#8221; and he wants Canada to keep exporting energy and raw materials across the border.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Mr. Trump] can deal with his good buddies, China and Russia, and we&#8217;ll see what happens,&#8221; Ford said. &#8220;But I would rather deal with your closest friend and ally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump administration officials have blamed Canadian negotiators for the diplomatic collapse, accusing them of tacking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/08\/24\/trump-canada-trade-tariffs-greer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last-minute demands<\/a>, including on tariff relief for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/22\/business\/economy\/greer-us-canada-trade-deal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heavy trucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian officials have hit the U.S. with the same allegation. In his interview with CBS News, Ford argued Washington &#8220;kept changing the goalposts,&#8221; saying: &#8220;We thought [we&#8217;d] have a deal, then they changed it again and again and again.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the U.S. made any eleventh-hour demands, Mr. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jimsciutto\/status\/2092349337934209159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told CNN<\/a>, &#8220;that sounds like me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With no trade deal in place, Ford argued both countries <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-canada-tariffs-goods-us-price-impact\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">will face pain<\/a><\/span>, especially in sectors with lots of cross-border trade like auto manufacturing. In the past, he has also weighed surcharges on the electricity that Ontario sends to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you attack your No. 1 customer \u2026 it doesn&#8217;t work out very well,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ford acknowledged that Canadians will pay a price for the trade war, too. But he argued that Canada \u2014 which has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/canada-imposes-tariffs-us-imports\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">promised aid<\/a><\/span> to impacted businesses and workers \u2014 can afford to weather the storm, pointing to the U.S.&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/national-debt-tops-40-trillion-doubles\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">$40 trillion national debt<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be pain on both sides of the border,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to hurt Americans as much as it&#8217;s going to hurt Canadians. 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