Ontario Premier Doug Ford hit back at President Donald Trump on Tuesday as the pair ramped up a growing trade war between Canada and the United States. The post Ontario Premier Doug Ford Blames Trump for Escalating Trade War: ‘It’s Called President Trump’s Recession’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Canada supplies half of US aluminium imports and 20 per cent of US steel imports. Trump announced that he would increase tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports by an additional 25 per cent for a total of 50 per cent duties on those commodities for the neighbor after Ontario premier Doug Ford slapped 25 per cent surcharge on electricity and threatened to cut electricity supply to New York,