Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Canada could cut electricity exports to the United States in retaliation for President Trump’s trade measures, declaring that "everything is on the table" and calling for a coordinated "Team Canada approach." The threat followed the collapse of U.S.-Canada trade talks from August 22 to 25, 2026, and came as Trump planned 50% tariffs on Canadian goods from January 1. The proposed duties and Canadian retaliation threaten the deeply integrated Detroit-Windsor auto economy, where about $1 billion in goods crosses the border daily, and could affect Michigan’s November 3 general election. Canada supplied less than 1% of total U.S. electricity consumption last year, but a multilateral cutoff lasting more than a few days could raise prices and emissions in the U.S. Northeast, while an Ontario-only action would likely be symbolic.