Comment on Ontario to impose 25% tariff on power to three U.S. states

ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It helps when you read past the headlines

  “If these tariffs persist, if the Trump administration follows through on any more tariffs, we will immediately apply a 25 per cent surcharge on the electricity we export,”

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• Godnroc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sorry to naysay you here, but one sides import is another’s export. Also, the first sentence from the Wikipedia entry on tarrifs.

  A tariff is a tax imposed by the government of a country or customs territory, or by a supranational union, on imports or exports of goods.

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