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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ‘s threat Tuesday to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada led the provincial government of
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After a brutal stock market selloff on Monday and further jitters Tuesday, Trump faces increased pressure to show he has a solid plan to grow the economy.
By David Goldman and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump backed down from an extraordinary trade war escalation Tuesday that had threatened a massive surge in tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum and new tariffs on Canadian electricity.
President Trump said earlier that he would double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25 percent to 50 percent for Canada, escalating a trade war.
Doug Ford fired back at President Trump following his vow to double tariffs on steel and aluminum, saying Canada will “not back down" and suggesting Trump instead focus on China.
President Donald Trump 's threat Tuesday to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada led the provincial government of Ontario to suspend its planned surcharges on electricity sold to the United States.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened a sharp escalation in the budding trade war with Canada in retaliation for Ontario’s export surcharge on US electricity.
President Trump threatened to double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, prompting Ontario to suspend its planned electricity surcharges to the U.S.
After a brutal stock market selloff on Monday and further jitters Tuesday, Trump faces increased pressure to show he has a solid plan to grow the economy.
Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Canada again today, promising to double the tariffs on aluminum and steel. Wall Street jitters over the White House economic policy continued again, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off by more than 300 points in morning trading.
Trump began the day by escalating the trade war, only to suggest hours later that he might reconsider the tariff increase. The threat was withdrawn after Ontario backed down on plans to hike electricity prices to the US.
President Trump escalated his administration trade war with Canada with harsh words on Monday night, promising that the US would simply make back money from the 25% power import surcharge Ontario Premier Doug Ford imposed on three US states once Trump's reciprocal tariffs go into effect next month
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ‘s threat Tuesday to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada led the provincial government of
The president said the increase, set to take effect on Wednesday, is a response to a tariff the provincial government of Ontario put on electricity sold to the U.S.
President Trump brushed off the electricity surcharge placed on the U.S. by Ontario, accusing Canada of being a tariff "abuser" and claiming the U.S. would get the money back with reciprocal tariffs.
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