Donald Trump said he is moving immediately to jack up tariffs to 50 per cent on all Canadian steel and aluminum, to take effect Wednesday, in retaliation for Premier Doug Ford‘s move on a surcharge on electricity exports to American states. Follow the Star’s live updates on Tuesday.
10:53 a.m. Speaking on MSNBC, Premier Doug Ford says “we will not back down, we will be relentless.” Ford says CEOs “need to get a backbone” and tell Trump to remove his tariffs. The premier notes US manufacturers “need the aluminum” from Quebec and Trump’s escalated tariffs will be bad for American companies. “It’s President Trump’s recession,” say Ford.
Donald Trump says he’ll jack up tariffs to 50% on all Canadian steel and aluminum effective Wednesday
U.S. President Donald Trump said he is moving immediately to jack up tariffs to 50 per cent on all Canadian steel and aluminum, to take effect Wednesday, in retaliation for Premier Doug Ford‘s move on a surcharge on electricity exports to American states.
In a pair of Truth Social posts Tuesday, Trump expressed fury at the move by Ontario to make electricity more expensive — a move that retaliated against the pending U.S. tariffs, and doubled his own penalty on Canadian metals.
And Trump ramped up his other threats on Canada, attacking dairy, cars, and saying he’ll penalize Canada on defence spending.
Read the full story from the Star’s Tonda MacCharles
Donald Trump rails against Doug Ford’s electricity retaliation move. ‘We don’t need your energy’
U.S. President Donald Trump has been jolted by Ontario’s 25 per cent surcharge on electricity sold stateside in retaliation to his tariffs.
Twelve hours after Premier Doug Ford imposed what he dubbed “tariff response charge” to be paid by utilities in New York, Michigan and Minnesota that import Ontario power, Trump took to social media to complain.
“Despite the fact that Canada is charging the USA from 250% to 390% Tariffs on many of our farm products, Ontario just announced a 25% surcharge on ‘electricity,’ of all things, and your (sic) not even allowed to do that,” the president said late Monday night.
