Ontario Premier Doug Ford is once again threatening to cut off electricity exports to the United States amid an escalating trade war that will have significant impacts on provincial industries like steel and autos.

Ahead of a news conference on Monday afternoon, the premier told The Associated Press that United States President Donald Trump had underestimated Canada.

Ford said Trump had “declared war, economic war against his closest friend and ally” before invoking late president Ronald Reagan, whose opposition to tariffs Ford previously featured in a television advertising campaign aimed at Americans.

Ford noted that Trump keeps a portrait of…

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