Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington today—days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its surcharge on electricity exports to the United States.
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are meeting with Howard Lutnick, and Ford says his goal for the meeting is to get a coherent sense of the Trump administration’s plans for tariffs.
Trump expanded his global trade war on Wednesday by hitting every country, including Canada, with 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum….