EV Deal With China: Premier Ford Says He Found Out a Few Hours Before

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the media during a press conference at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Oct. 27, 2025. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette1/19/2026|Updated: 1/19/2026Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he would have liked Prime Minister Mark Carney to inform him of Ottawa’s deal on China electric vehicles set to impact his province’s auto industry.While visiting Beijing last week, Carney announced he was slashing the 100 percent tariff rate on up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), which would instead receive the “most-favoured nation” rate of 6.1 percent.Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierETAuthor’s Selected Articles