Doug Ford, the Ontario Premier, announced Tuesday that his province's planned 25% tariff on electricity exports to the U.S would be paused.

As the US-Canada trade war intensifies, Doug Ford, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, has stormed onto the battlefield with a series of bold offensive strikes.

President Donald Trump backed down from an extraordinary trade war escalation Tuesday that had threatened a massive surge in Canadian steel and aluminum tariffs and new tariffs on Canadian electricity.