A conflict between the Canadian province of Ontario and the USA is enclosed for the time being. Ontario had in the trade war with the United States announced a 25 percent surcharge for electricity exports in several US states. US President Donald Trump (78) reacted outraged and threatened in several posts with additional high tariffs on steel and aluminum imports Canada.
He had instructed his trade minister to raise tariffs of another 25 percent on such imports, so that the total tariff from Wednesday morning was 50 percent, Trump wrote. He had In February tariffs for steel and aluminum imports In the amount of 25 percent, which should generally apply to imports from all other countries. These came into force on Wednesday.
Definitioned conflict
During the day, Commercial Minister Howard Lutnick and the Ontario Prime Minister, Doug fordto defuse the moved conflict. Lutnick and Ford had a productive conversation about the economic relationships, the Ministry said. Lutnick will meet Ford in Washington on Thursday to talk about the USMCA free trade agreement. In return, Ontario agreed to his 25 percent surcharge on electricity exports to Michigan, new York and to expose Minnesota.
A spokeswoman for the White House told the German Press Agency that there would be no additional tariffs for Canada. Only the already announced tariffs of 25 percent on steel and aluminum for Canada and the other trading partners would come into force at midnight, without exceptions. President Trump once again used the power of the American economy to win a victory for the American people.
Trump argues that excessive steel and aluminum imports threatened the national security of the United States. He also throws China before flooding the global market with cheap metal.
In the posting at Truth Social, the US President complained about the tariffs that he believed to be too high, which Canada raised and described the expenditure of the neighboring country for national security as too low. He again confirms his goal that Canada should become a state of the United States – a claim that has been triggering violent criticism and protests for weeks.