Ontario Premier Doug Ford has met with incoming Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss Ford’s upcoming meeting with the Trump administration in Washington.
“We agreed on the need to stand firm and strong in the face of President Trump’s threats, including additional retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, which will raise costs for American businesses and families,” Ford said in a March 12 social media post.
The U.S. imposed 25 percent tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum on March 12, and Ottawa has responded with tariffs on $29.8 billion in U.S. goods.
Ford said Canada would not relent until “the threat of tariffs is gone for good,” and said he looks forward to meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and other members of U.S President Donald Trump’s economic team in Washington, D.C., on March 13….