Ford Wants Ontario to Hit Back After Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada
Ford says Ottawa should hit politically important U.S. states with counter-tariffs and use electricity, energy and critical minerals as leverage.
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'We’re going to hit back' — Canada does what many other U.S. allies have avoided: risk economic pain rather than yield to tariff pressure
Carney said Washington introduced language in the final hours of negotiations that would have restricted Canada’s ability to make trade deals with other countries.
After the failure of the trade negotiations between the United States and Canada, the premier of Ontario Doug Ford attacks Donald Trump: "You can't trust him, he changes the agreements and he keeps moving the bar." Then the colorful metaphor: "The first day would steal your money for lunch, the second the hat and the third the running shoes." The clash comes after the entry into force of the new US duties of 50% and the announcement of Canadian …
Ford wants Ontario to hit back after Trump’s latest tariffs on Canada
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is doubling down on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to suspend trade negotiations with the United States, saying Canada must respond forcefully after new U.S. tariffs took effect Saturday.
Ford urged Carney to hit U.S. with dollar-for-dollar retaliation, leverage energy exports
In a four-page letter to Carney dated Aug. 17, later released by the Premier’s Office, Ford said Ontario continues to support negotiations aimed at securing relief from U.S. Section 232 tariffs on Canadian autos and auto parts, steel, aluminum and forestry products.
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