President Donald Trump’s threat to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada has led the provincial government of Ontario to suspend its planned surcharges on electricity sold to the United States.

In his Truth Social post Trump wrote: "Despite the fact that Canada is charging the USA from 250% to 390% Tariffs on many of our farm products, Ontario just announced a 25% surcharge on 'electricity,' of all things, and your not even allowed to do that. Because our Tariffs are reciprocal, we'll just get it all back on April 2.

Mr. Trump said the decision came in response to Ontario's move to impose a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to the U.S. Mr. Trump has already imposed a 25% tariff on nearly all imports from Canada, and declared a 25% tariff rate on all steel and aluminum imports from any foreign country.

Ontario, Canada Premier Doug Ford announced in a joint statement with Howard Lutnick, that he would not be imposing a 25% surcharge on electricity to some states.

Trump posted his response to Ontario's tariffs on Truth Social on Tuesday morning, when the tariffs were still in place. In the post, Trump said he implemented additional tariffs

The government of Ontario is applying a 25 percent surcharge starting Monday on electricity exports to three U.S. states in response to U.S. tariffs on Canada. This surcharge will affect

As of Monday, March 10, a Canadian plan to raise electricity costs by 25% went into effect in response to Trump’s tariffs, effective March 4. The electricity is sold to 1.5 million Americans, the Associated Press reported.