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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 web giants pay a special tax.

Set to take effect on June 30, the DST requires U.S. companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb pay a three per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users — a policy enacted by former prime minister Justin Trudeau's government that the Parliamentary Budget Office projects will bring in billions of dollars in revenue.

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[-] [email protected] 56 points 19 hours ago
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[-] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago

I bet you that the shell taste more like cheese then that pre-shredded shit on there.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I've had one.
It does not.
It tastes salty and orange.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 39 points 19 hours ago

This is the equivalent of that obnoxious kid in the neighbourhood saying they're taking their basketball home and no one can play basketball any more .... then after he leaves, someone else brings another basketball anyway.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

ART OF THE DEAL

[-] [email protected] 29 points 18 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

Too weak...

[-] [email protected] 43 points 19 hours ago

Set to take effect on June 30, the DST requires U.S. companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb pay a three per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users

Good.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 18 hours ago

It should be a lot higher, honestly. Encourage building Canadian services and using European services instead of relying on predatory American monopolies.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 18 hours ago

3% of revenue is a substantial number.

However, even better:

The tax, which will take effect on 30 June and be applied retroactively from 2022, will impact both domestic and international companies, meaning American giants Amazon, Google, Meta, Airbnb and Uber will have to start payments from Monday.

Source

[-] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

hah, imagine companies asking customers for taxes back from 2022

[-] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

You know this is not how it works, yes?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

I mean it doesn't stop companies trying to comply with the law the worst way possible

[-] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

It is a corporation tax, not the sales tax.

They are using the turnover to estimate tax liability because taxing profits achieved in a single country by digital multinationals is bordering on impossible (and too easy to avoid).

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

That's definitely going to help him make a deal.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 19 hours ago

Reminds me of a joke. The person that says it can quit smoking anytime they want, because in fact, they do it multiple times a day.

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 19 hours ago

He's just pump and dumping the stock market again now that there's no Iran to distract us

[-] [email protected] 22 points 19 hours ago

"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,"

...proceeds to bomb Canada tomorrow.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 19 hours ago

Might as well. ICE killed a Canadian citizen.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Maybe, but then he’ll learn why there’s Geneva conventions.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

Sweet Summer Child the world is not going to do a damn thing. We are all ducked

[-] [email protected] 20 points 19 hours ago

Is this the country version of DARVO? We killed one of their citizens in an ICE concentration camp, so now instead of apologizing we're lashing out at them? Cool cool cool

[-] [email protected] 13 points 18 hours ago

I am so sick of having to redo all my estimates every time trump tweets about my country.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

His words have been proven to mean nothing. He just speaks without any thought, senile old man.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago

Ah yes. So after that bottle episode called "A Visit to Iran", it looks like the people making the show want to pick up the Canada War plot thread again. I'm guessing the dumbass protagonist threatens Canada a bit, before giving up and claiming victory. These showmakers are running out of ideas.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago

Snip snap snip snap snip snap

[-] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

I'm telling ya! ICE is running out of money, and tariffs are collected by the DHS instead of the IRS. I'm betting tariffs are going under the table to fund it

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Bring in BYD ....

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