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Ford talks to Carney, premiers ahead of trade meeting in Washington

Published Mar 12, 2025 at 9:00pm

The Canadian Press
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The Canadian Press
Ford talks to Carney, premiers ahead of trade meeting in Washington

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc suggested Wednesday they want to come out of a meeting with a top U.S. official with a "coherent plan" for the tariff road ahead.

The pair, along with Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the United States, are set to meet Thursday in Washington, D.C., with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, who invited Ford on Tuesday amid a major ratcheting up — then down — of the trade war between the two countries.

The Canadian politicians said they hope for a cordial meeting that will take the temperature down, though it will come after Lutnick and U.S. President Donald Trump made comments referring to Ford as "some guy in Ontario" and his "little threat" to put a surcharge on electricity exports to the U.S.

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