Energy weapon for use against Trump: Canada threatens to stop electricity exports to the United States

The relationship between Canada and the United States has been strained in the face of the future president of the United States Donald Trump’s because of customs talks.

Trump plans to impose tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada. He believes that the move would increase industrial production in the United States.

Now, however, the Canadian state of Ontario is threatening to stop the country’s electricity exports to the United States in protest of Trump’s tariff speeches.

Up to 12 terawatt-hours of electricity flows from Ontario to Minnesota, New York and Michigan every year.

According to CNN, Canada’s electricity imports cover a small portion of US consumption and could easily be replaced by local power producers. Instead, imports of nickel and aluminum from Canada would be more difficult to replace.

A lot of oil is also exported from Canada to the United States, but the country has not threatened Trump with it. The oil trade benefits both countries too much.

Trump has threatened to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on imports from Canada. It would collapse the Canadian economy.