Ontario Premier Doug Ford agreed Tuesday to suspend the province’s surcharge on electricity it exports to three states after a top American of…
By Allison Jones The Canadian Press
TORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford agreed Tuesday to suspend the province’s surcharge on electricity it exports to three states after a top American official extended an “olive branch” in the form of a meeting in Washington to talk free trade.
Ford called Tuesday for cooler heads to prevail in the United States’ trade war against Canada, which ratcheted up earlier in the day with U.S. President Donald Trump announcing he would double impending tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada to 50 per cent in response to Ontario’s electricity surcharge.
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