Canada's Ontario suspends energy surcharge after Trump threat


By Lin Wei

OTTAWA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Canada's Ontario on Tuesday agreed to suspend its 25 percent surcharge on electricity exports to three U.S. states, after U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to double tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada.

According to a joint statement from Ontario Premier Doug Ford and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Ford will travel to Washington on Thursday to meet with Lutnick and discuss "a renewed USMCA ahead of the April 2 reciprocal tariff deadline."

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