Ontario to Suspend Electricity Export Tariff After Premier, US Commerce Secretary Speak

Ford and Lutnick will meet in Washington on March 13 “to discuss a renewed USMCA ahead of the April 2 reciprocal tariff deadline.”
Ontario to Suspend Electricity Export Tariff After Premier, US Commerce Secretary Speak
Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a news conference in Toronto, on March 4, 2025. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP
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Ontario says it will suspend its 25 percent surcharge on electricity exports to Michigan, New York, and Minnesota after Premier Doug Ford and United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick spoke and arranged another meeting in Washington this week.

A joint statement from Ford and Lutnick said they had “a productive conversation about the economic relationship” between their two countries and would meet in Washington on March 13 to discuss a “renewed” United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ahead of the April 2 reciprocal tariff deadline.