Ontario Premier Doug Ford says there has been a de-escalation of trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. following a meeting Thursday with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
"We've had a very, very productive meeting," Ford told reporters after a meeting with Lutnick in Washington. Canadian officials were also in attendance and are expected to speak later Thursday.
"We feel that the temperature is being lowered," Ford said, adding that Ontario and Canadian officials have secured another meeting with Lutnick next week.
Ford secured a meeting with President Trump's top trade-policy official after a tumultuous Tuesday, when Trump threatened to double tariffs, to 50%, on Canadian steel and aluminum in retaliation against Ontario's 25% surtax on electricity exports to New York, Michigan and Minnesota. Ford later dropped the surcharge.
Ford declined to answer reporters' questions about the future of that surcharge.
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