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The Prime Minister of the Ontario Doug Ford appears during a company stop at the Walker Construction in Niyar Falls, Ontario, Canada, January 31, 2025.
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Prime Ontario Arc Ford On Tuesday said he temporarily suspended the planned 25% electricity supplement exported to the United States after Commerce Typist Howard Lutno They agreed to updated trade talks.
Ford said he and the lunar “conducted a productive conversation about economic relationships between The United States and Canada‘Earlier on Tuesday.
“We both agreed, let the cool heads prevail,” Ford told reporters.
The comments appeared after US President Donald Trump developed the already hot trade war early in the morning on Tuesday, saying that he will increase the tariffs for the import of Canadian steel and aluminum up to 50%.
Trump has announced these increased Ford heels, saying that he would introduce supplementation for electricity imports into Michigan, New York and Minnesota.
After the call between Ford and Lutnick, the White House trading advisor Peter Navaro confirmed CNBC that Trump would not move forward with an additional 25% tariff he threatened earlier that day.
Ford said Lutnik agreed to meet him and the US trading representative, Jamison Grir, in Washington, on Thursday to discuss the updated US-Mexico-Konad trade agreement.
Trump said he would introduce 25% tariffs on Canada’s goods since April 2.
