Trade negotiations between Canada and the United States are resuming immediately after Ottawa promised to drop its Digital Services Tax impacting U.S. tech giants, according to a White House official.
U.S. President Donald Trump said talks had been terminated at the end of last week because Canada was implementing its Digital Services Tax (DST). Ottawa responded on June 29 by saying it would introduce legislation to rescind the tax.
Kevin Hassett, director of the Economic Council in the Trump administration, told Fox News on June 30 that trade talks are “absolutely” resuming immediately.
Hassett said Trump requested the DST’s removal when he met with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 Summit in Canada on June 16….