Ontario, Canada, Premier Doug Ford upped the ante in the tariff war with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying he would “not hesitate” to cut off electricity entirely to three U.S. states.

Ford made the comments in an interview with CNBC, one day after a 25% export tax on electricity took effect on 1.5 million homes in New York, Michigan and Minnesota.

His remarks came shortly after Trump said in a post to Truth Social that beginning Wednesday, he would slap a 50% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum, a retaliatory tariff over Ford’s 25% tariff on the electricity. Ford said he’ll take it a step further if Trump continues with the trade war.

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