The Trump administration just chalked up another win. On Tuesday, the premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, who had slapped a 25 percent surcharge on electricity exported from that province to the American states of Minnesota, Michigan, and New York, relented after the Trump administration proposed a new round of tariffs. The premier took to X to announce that he was suspending the electricity surcharge.
Please see a joint statement from United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and myself: Today, United States Secretary of Commerce @howardlutnick and Premier of Ontario Doug Ford had a productive conversation about the economic relationship between the United States and Canada. Secretary Lutnick agreed to officially meet with Premier Ford in Washington on Thursday, March 13 alongside the United States Trade Representative to discuss a…
