U.S. President Donald Trump said he’s pulling back from the bilateral trade discussions because Canada plans to move ahead with its digital services tax.
President blames Canada’s digital services tax in social media post
John Paul Tasker · CBC News ·
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada, blaming the country’s digital services tax. (Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press)
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he’s terminating all trade discussions with Canada effective immediately.
“We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period,” Trump said in a social media post.
He says he’s pulling back from the bilateral trade discussions because Canada plans to move ahead with its digital services tax (DST), which requires U.S. web giants pay a special tax on their revenue generated in this country.
This breaking story will be updated.
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J.P. Tasker is a journalist in CBC’s parliamentary bureau who reports for digital, radio and television. He is also a regular panellist on CBC News Network’s Power & Politics. He covers the Conservative Party, Canada-U.S. relations, Crown-Indigenous affairs, health policy and the Senate. You can send story ideas and tips to J.P. at jp.tasker@cbc.ca
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