Amid a trade war, a leader in Canada is threatening to put a surcharge on electricity exported to Michigan — or shut it off.

Donald Trump put in place a 25% tariff on Canadian goods and 10% on energy Tuesday. The country has retaliated, and Ontario threatened energy cuts.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford tells CNN that the province will place a 25 per cent tariff on the electricity that it provides to 1.5 million homes and businesses in New York, Michigan and Minnesota as of Monday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says starting Monday, the province will charge 25 per cent more for electricity shipped to 1.5 million Americans in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Newly re-elected Premier Doug Ford doubled down Monday on his threat to cut off electricity flowing from Ontario to several American states if the U.S. moves ahead with tariffs.

Ontario will slap a 25% export tax on electricity it sends to 1.5 million homes in Minnesota, Michigan and New York in retaliation for U.S. tariffs, said Doug Ford, leader of the Canadian province. Fo

Doug Ford, who is the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, said he will be applying a 25% surcharge on the energy exports to the US states like New York, Minnesota, and Michigan. He has blamed US President Donald Trump for the same,