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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will resume commerce talks with U.S. President Donald Trump after Canada mentioned late Sunday it was rescinding a digital providers tax on American tech corporations.
The Canadian authorities mentioned it was rescinding the Digital Companies Tax “in anticipation of a mutually useful complete commerce association with the US.”
“In step with this motion, Prime Minister Carney and President Trump have agreed that events will resume negotiations with a view in direction of agreeing on a deal by July 21, 2025,” Canada’s Division of Finance mentioned in a information launch.
It added {that a} June 30, 2025 assortment shall be halted, and laws is pending to rescind the Digital Companies Tax Act.
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President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, on June 16, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)
Canada’s digital providers tax took impact in June 2024 and requires massive companies, whether or not they’re headquartered in Canada or elsewhere, to pay a 3% tax on income earned from partaking with on-line customers in Canada in the event that they meet sure circumstances.
Trump terminated commerce discussions with Canada on Friday, citing the digital providers tax on American tech corporations like Amazon, Meta, Google, and Apple, amongst others, as the rationale.
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“They’re clearly copying the European Union, which has carried out the identical factor, and is presently underneath dialogue with us, additionally. Primarily based on this egregious Tax, we’re hereby terminating ALL discussions on Commerce with Canada, efficient instantly,” Trump wrote in a put up on Fact Social.
Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Gavin John/Bloomberg / Getty Pictures)
Trump mentioned the administration will inform Canada throughout the “subsequent seven day interval” of what tariff it would pay to do enterprise with the U.S.
The president added in his put up that Canada is “a really troublesome Nation to TRADE with” and claimed that Canada has levied tariffs of as much as 400% on U.S. dairy merchandise.
The breakdown in commerce talks adopted the 2 leaders’ G7 assembly early this month, and Carney saying that they had agreed to wrap up a brand new financial settlement inside 30 days.
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – MAY 16: U.S. President Donald J. Trump speaks throughout a US-UAE Funding Discussion board alongside U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent (R) at Qasr al-Watan, presidential palace of the United Arab Emirates, on Might 16, (Picture by Win McNamee/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
The U.S. is Canada’s largest buying and selling associate, whereas Canada is the biggest importer of American exports and one of many prime three sources of U.S. imports.
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Canada had escaped Trump’s broad tariffs imposed in April however faces 50% duties on metal and aluminum.
FOX Enterprise’ Eric Revell and Reuters contributed to this report.