President Donald Trump has reacted to Ontario’s decision to impose a 25 percent surcharge on all electricity exports to the United States, saying he will double the steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada set to come into force on March 12.
Trump took to social media several hours after Doug Ford, the premier of Canada’s Ontario province, went ahead with imposing a 25 percent export tariff on electricity his province provides to New York, Michigan, and Minnesota. The Ontario surcharge was put in place in response to the tariffs the U.S. president has enacted on Canadian products, Ford said.
The electricity tariff will be paid by utility providers in the three states, netting the province an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 per day, Ford said during a March 10 press conference, noting that the tariff will add roughly $100 per month to the bills of 1.5 million households and businesses….