Summary

Ontario will impose a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to New York, Michigan, and Minnesota starting Monday in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods.

Premier Doug Ford warned U.S. governors and vowed to maintain the surcharge until all tariffs are lifted.

Canada has already imposed $30 billion in retaliatory tariffs, with more planned.

Ford also threatened to cut power to the states by April and banned U.S. firms from bidding on Ontario contracts. A $100M SpaceX deal for rural internet was also scrapped in response.

  • aceshigh@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Why are mostly blue states getting punished for shithead? They should be focusing on red states. They’re the ones who voted for this nonsense.

    • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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      1 day ago

      USA is USA.

      People outside of the USA will treat you the same as you treat any other nation. Does trumps tariffs only target the liberal provinces?

    • Policeshootout@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      I don’t know all the facts but maybe if more people.votrd in the first place Donald wouldn’t have won? Maybe not… But Americans should be pushing back and they haven’t done anything yet but complain online. Pushing any single one of them to take action is better than only attempting to punish the ones who don’t even care.

    • Laser@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Unfortunately they are the ones getting power provided to them from Ontario.