{"id":2413078,"date":"2025-03-13T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T21:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ontario-premier-urges-to-bring-down-the-temperature-on-tariff-battle-with-us-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T21:08:02","slug":"ontario-premier-urges-to-bring-down-the-temperature-on-tariff-battle-with-us-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ontario-premier-urges-to-bring-down-the-temperature-on-tariff-battle-with-us-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Premier urges to \u2018bring down the temperature\u2019 on tariff battle with US &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fontario-premier-urges-to-bring-down-the-temperature-on-tariff-battle-with-us-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413078&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ontario Premier urges to &lsquo;bring down the temperature&rsquo; on tariff battle with US<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2038335\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford pushed for the United States and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Canada<\/a> to simmer down over their feud on tariffs, arguing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a>&rsquo;s tariffs on aluminium and steel will only create &ldquo;a tax on the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3346916\/trump-promises-not-bend-metal-car-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Donald Trump has insisted that the U.S. is &ldquo;not going to bend&rdquo;<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tariffs<\/a> it will implement on its neighboring country, which is set to go into effect on April 2. Amid the feud between the two countries, Ford has ceased threatening the U.S. with a 25% tariff on outgoing electricity from Canada, which came after U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called the Ontario premier and &ldquo;put an olive branch out there&rdquo; to negotiate on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3346551\/german-spd-immigration-demands-cdu-coalition-government\/\">German SPD demands sweeping pro-immigration commitments in CDU coalition talks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3346825\/canada-canary-in-the-coal-mine-trump-aggresion-g7\/\">Canada warns it&#8217;s &#8216;canary in the coal mine&#8217; for Trump aggression as G7 gathers in Quebec<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3346708\/putin-praises-trump-ukraine-problems-ceasefire\/\">Putin praises Trump over Ukraine but outlines several problems he has with possible ceasefire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;As there is a fever pitch right now, we need to bring down the temperature, and I thought it&rsquo;d be in the best interests of America and Canada to go in there and let&rsquo;s get to the USMCA table,&rdquo; Ford argued on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America Reports<\/em>. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s start talking about it. Tell us what you need, and we&rsquo;ll tell you what we need. But I can tell you one thing: you can&rsquo;t turn on a switch and all of a sudden create a car plant. You know, the auto pack has been around since 1965. You can&rsquo;t unscramble an egg; you have to make a larger omelet, and that&rsquo;s what we need to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2842652&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=44068b88a5a71f417335e36f6714b06c\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ford has sought to create a way in which both the U.S. and Canada can financially flourish by creating &ldquo;an AM-CAN fortress.&rdquo; He cited how his country has various metals and materials that the U.S. needs, which comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">China<\/a> is &ldquo;cutting&rdquo; the U.S. off.<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario premier was then presented with an October 2016 interview he partook in, in which he said he would not &ldquo;waiver&rdquo; in his support for Trump. Ford insisted that his current frustration with Trump and the U.S. comes from how the president &ldquo;turned the guns on his closest friends and allies,&rdquo; stating he will not &ldquo;roll over&rdquo; and instead work to create &ldquo;a stronger AM-CAN fortress&rdquo; so both countries can thrive.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3345025\/can-trump-hold-his-course-on-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CAN TRUMP HOLD HIS COURSE ON TARIFFS?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3344968\/canada-retaliates-tariffs-us-goods-trade-war-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Canada announced a new round of tariffs on the U.S.<\/a>, which is set to affect roughly $21 billion in trade with the latter country.<\/p>\n<p>Amid these stewing battles in trade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3344787\/lutnick-defends-tariffs-tensions-ontario\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lutnick offered his defense for the president&rsquo;s tariffs<\/a> by stating they would boost economic growth once companies revert back to domestic production in the U.S. He also claimed that any recession that could occur would be due to &ldquo;the Biden nonsense&rdquo; the nation was previously under.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2038335\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2038335\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario Premier urges to \u2018bring down the temperature\u2019 on tariff battle with US Ontario Premier Doug Ford pushed for the United States and Canada to simmer down over their feud on tariffs, arguing the Trump administration\u2019s tariffs on aluminium and steel will only create \u201ca tax on the American people.\u201d President Donald Trump has insisted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2413079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Doug-Ford-scaled.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Doug-Ford-scaled.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}