Ontario’s premier: Canada should be ready to cut electricity, critical minerals as trade woes worsen

TORONTO (AP) – Ontario Premier Doug Ford remarked Monday that Ronald Reagan would be "throwing up" over President Donald Trump's trade policies and threatened to cut off electricity and critical minerals to the United States as Trump escalated the trade fight.

Key points

• Ford, speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, remarked Trump has underestimated Canadians' willingness to endure economic pain rather than provide in to U.S.
• Trump remarked Monday that the new 50% tariffs on Canadian automobiles, auto parts and steel would commence next year.
• "Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years, " Trump wrote on social media, criticizing what he called Canada's "ridiculously high tariffs" on American farmers.
• Up here, we're at a fever pitch, everyone's in for an economic war.

Ford, speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, remarked Trump has underestimated Canadians' willingness to endure economic pain rather than provide in to U.S. Pressure.

"He underestimates Canada. We're all in, " Ford remarked. "Up here, we're at a fever pitch, everyone's in for an economic war. They know they're going to have to sacrifice."

For now, ontarios premier: Canada should be ready to cut electricity, critical minerals as remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.