US-Canada trade war: Meeting with Lutnick “brought the temperature down,” Ford says | FULL

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he feels they’ve “brought the temperature down” after a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

“We feel the temperature is being lowered. That’s what we feel: the temperature is being lowered,” he said.

“We’re like a family. Sometimes there’s tension between families, but that was an extremely productive meeting.”

Ford added that he’s been invited back to Washington, D.C. for a second meeting next week.

It comes after a whirlwind week in which Ontario levelled a 25 per cent surcharge on energy exports to the U.S. before Trump responded on Tuesday by threatening his own 50 per cent tariff on steel and aluminum.

His team called Ford’s threat to cut off power “egregious and insulting” and promised to batter Canada with economic retaliation.

Hours later, Lutnick called Ford and invited him to the White House for a meeting the premier described as an “olive branch.” Ford then paused his energy surcharge to facilitate the meeting and Trump lowered his 50 per cent tariff to the 25 per cent rate he is applying to the rest of the world.

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