Ontario took a step up after US President Donald Trump escalated the price war Tuesday walking steel and aluminum taxes by 50 per cent. After stating to US media that he won’t back down, Ontario leading Doug Ford said he agreed to suspend the 25 per cent tax on energy imports into three US states– New York, Michigan and Minnesota– after his talk with US business secretary Howard Lutnick.
In a statement issued with Lutnick and posted on X, Ford said he and Lutnick would now be meeting Thursday alongside the United States Trade Representative to explore a renewal of the U. S. Mexico-Canada completely business act onward of Trump’s self-imposed April 2 “reciprocal tax date”.
” In answer, Ontario agreed to suspend its 25 per cent tax on imports of light to Michigan, New York and Minnesota”, Ford said.
Days earlier, Ford blamed Trump for this unwarranted conflict and apologized to the Americans as he said he would never again down.
Fresh tariff war between US-Canada
Trump posted on Truth Social earlier Tuesday that steel and aluminum taxes would go from 25 per share to 50 per cent starting Wednesday in reprisal to Ontario’s light fee. Trump questioned why the US state should depend on Canada for power and said that he would be declaring a national disaster for the three says Ontario targeted with light closure.
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President Donald Trump issued a statement after Doug Ford backed over and withdrew the light fee. Calling Doug a very powerful man, Donald Trump said he was informed that they were never going forward with the fee. ” It would’ve been a really bad thing if he did, but he’s not going to do that. So I esteem that”, Trump said as Elon Musk and his brother X flanked him.
