Ontario premier Doug Ford says there’s no way that Ottawa should drop tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

The issue has divided some of Canada’s premiers and has put pressure on prime minister Mark Carney.

Ford was responding to the Chinese ambassador to Ottawa, saying that Beijing would drop tariffs on Canadian canola, pork and seafood if Canada dropped the tariffs on its electric vehicles.

The comments by Chinese ambassador Wang Di came during an interview with the CTV network during the weekend.

“So, if Canada removes the unilateral and unjustified tariffs on Chinese products, China will also reciprocate accordingly and if the EV tariffs are removed then China will also remove the tariffs on the relevant products of Canada,” he said through a translator.

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