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Trump raises Canadian steel, aluminum tariffs to 50% in retaliation for Ontario energy duties

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NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will keep his countermeasure on U.S. energy in place.

NEW: "We will not back down. We will be relentless," Ford says on MSNBC .

The new policy will go into effect Wednesday morning , Trump says in a Truth Social post.

The president also calls for Canada to be absorbed into the US as the " Fifty First State " The latest tariffs are in response to a decision by Ontario 's government to slap a 25% tax on electricity exports.

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