Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s U.S. media blitz may be forcing President Donald Trump to change the channel on his costly trade war with Canada.

Doug Ford struck his most aggressive tone to date this week as he blamed Donald Trump for “causing chaos” with his tariff threats, and experts say the attacks from Ontario’s Conservative premier and appeals to the president’s Republican allies might be gaining traction.

Ford called Tuesday for cooler heads to prevail in the United States’ trade war against Canada, which ratcheted up earlier in the day with U.S. President Donald Trump announcing he would double impending tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada to 50 per cent in response to Ontario’s electricity surcharge.

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump reversed course and will no longer double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Peter Navarro, the White House’s senior counselor for trade and manufacturing,

Doug Ford, the Ontario Premier, announced Tuesday that his province's planned 25% tariff on electricity exports to the U.S would be paused.

The standoff over tariffs between Canada and the United States has cooled off, with US President Donald Trump backing down on his threat to double levies on his northerly neighbour to 50 per cent.

Donald Trump raged against Canada in a new social media post and vowed to make the country pay a 'financial price so big' that it 'will be read about in history books for many years to come'