6 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Canada looks weak to U.S. by backpedalling on digital services tax

There are so many things wrong about the Liberals’ climbdown from the digital services tax (DST) announced late last Sunday evening. For one, they look like they played chicken with U.S. President Donald Trump and lost. They swerved first. That makes them (and the whole country) look weak. Trump will now be back again and […]

Economics

7 d. ago Canada ‘naive’ over how U.S. would react to digital services tax, observers say

The contentious tax prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to walk away from trade negotiations with Canada

Economics

8 d. ago U.S. and Canada restart trade talks after conflict over digital services tax

Canada’s move to drop the tax came just as the first payment under the tax was about to come due

Economics

8 d. ago White House confirms U.S. will restart trade talks with Canada

OTTAWA — White House adviser Kevin Hassett says the U.S. will immediately restart trade talks with Canada, after Prime Minister Mark Carney eliminated Canada’s digital services tax. President Donald Trump suspended talks with Canada on Friday over the tax. More coming.

Economics

9 d. ago Canada to rescind digital services tax to revive U.S. trade talks

The federal government said it will rescind the digital services tax "in anticipation" of coming to a trade deal with the U.S., following President Donald Trump cutting off talks.

Economics

9 d. ago ‘Thank you Canada for removing your Digital Services Tax,’ U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says

In a post on social media, Lutnick says the tax would have been 'a deal breaker' for any trade deal with the U.S.

Politics

9 d. ago Canada cancelled its digital services tax. What was it and why did the U.S. hate it?

Here's a brief look at what the tax was about and why Trump made such a drastic move to try and kill it

Economics

9 d. ago Canada Drops Digital Tax That Infuriated Trump to Restart Trade Talks

Canada has withdrawn its digital services tax on technology companies such as Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc. in a move to restart trade talks with the US.

Economics

1 week ago What is Canada’s digital services tax and why is it infuriating Trump? 

Trump abruptly cut off all trade negotiations with Canada, citing Ottawa’s DST for the decision

Economics

1 week ago BREAKING: Trump ‘terminating’ trade talks with Canada over digital services tax

The U.S. President made the announcement on Friday on his social media network Truth Social

Economics

1 week ago Trump says he’s ‘terminating’ trade talks with Canada over digital services tax

'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 posted

Economics

1 week ago Trump ceasing all trade talks with Canada ‘effective immediately’

Trump blamed "400% tariffs" on farming, dairy quotas and Canada's Digital Services Tax for the change

Economics

1 week ago Trump says U.S. terminating trade talks with Canada ‘effective immediately’

Trump said on Truth Social the decision was due to Canada moving ahead with a digital services tax on American technology firms that operate in Canada.

Economics

1 week ago Opinion: Canada should press pause on the Digital Services Tax

The head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Canada argues now is a bad time to impose a new tax on big U.S. tech companies

Economics

2 w. ago Canada won’t pause digital services tax despite pressure from U.S., finance minister says

The digital services tax will hit companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb with a three per cent tax on revenue from Canadian users

Politics

2 w. ago Calls mount for pause on Canada’s digital services tax targeting tech giants

OTTAWA — Ottawa is under pressure to pause digital services tax legislation that directs large tech companies to make a big retroactive payment by June 30. Canadian and U.S. business groups, organizations representing U.S. tech giants and members of U.S. Congress have all signed letters calling for the tax to be eliminated or paused. The […]

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