From Global News.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to speak to the media on Thursday after travelling to Washington, D.C., for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

The meeting comes after a whirlwind week in which Ontario levelled a 25 per cent surcharge on energy exports to the U.S. before Trump responded on Tuesday by threatening his own 50 per cent tariff on steel and aluminum.

His team called Ford’s threat to cut off power "egregious and insulting" and promised to batter Canada with economic retaliation.

Hours later, Lutnick called Ford and invited him to the White House for a meeting the premier described as an "olive branch." Ford then paused his energy surcharge to facilitate the meeting and Trump lowered his 50 per cent tariff to the 25 per cent rate he is applying to the rest of the world.

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