U.S. President Donald Trump is responding to Ontario’s decision to slap a 25 per cent surcharge on all electricity exports to the United States, threatening to “get it all back” with reciprocal tariffs on April 2.
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“Despite the fact that Canada is charging the USA from 250% to 390% on Tariffs on many of our farm products, Ontario just announced a 25% surcharge on ‘electricity,’ of all things, and your not event allowed to do that,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Because our Tariffs are reciprocal, we’ll just get it all back on April 2.”
He repeated previous claims that Canada is a “Tariff abuser” and suggested that the U.S. will “not be subsidizing Canada anymore.”
“We don’t need your Cars, we don’t need your Lumber, we don’t need your Energy, and very soon you will find that out,” he wrote.
Trump’s comments come less than one day after Premier Doug Ford announced a 25 per cent surcharge on the electricity Ontario sends to three U.S. states, including New York, Michigan, and Minnesota.
Ford also warned that he will “not hesitate” to increase the charge or even shut off energy exports entirely if the trade war persist.
The surcharge is among a number of countermeasures being taken by the provincial government in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods.
In a news release issued on Monday morning, the province said the measure is likely to bring in $300,000 to $400,000 in revenue a day and add about CAD $100 a month to some utility bills being paid by the Americans who rely on the electricity from Ontario.
Ontario currently supplies electricity to about 1.5 million homes and businesses in the three states.
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