Trump’s tariff threat pushes Canada to scrap digital services tax (arstechnica.com)

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In a sudden reversal, Canada has caved and will remove its digital services tax after trade talks with the US suddenly fell apart this weekend.

Blocked just hours before taking effect, the controversial digital services tax (DST) would have charged big US tech companies like Apple, Google, and Meta a 3 percent tax on all digital services revenue earned from Canadian users. Frustrating US tech giants, Canada also sought to collect retroactive taxes dating back to 2022.

Over the weekend, Donald Trump claimed the tax was a "direct and blatant attack" on US tech companies and terminated the trade talks while threatening to impose a new tariff rate on Canadian goods by the 4th of July.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I really hope this is a negotiation tactic that can be turned back on if talks don't go well...but I'm not going to hold my breath.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Nobody will ever stand up to America, huh? It’s fucking bullshit.

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