OTTAWA — As President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday authorizing reciprocal tariffs, his White House took aim at Canada's digital services tax as a major trade irritant.
OTTAWA — As President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday authorizing reciprocal tariffs, his White House took aim at Canada's digital services tax as a major trade irritant.
"Canada's been very bad for us on trade but now Canada's going to have to start paying up," he said. "Canada's going to be a very interesting situation because we just don't need their product." "Canada and France use these taxes to each collect over $500 million per year from American companies," said a White House fact sheet.
It also singles out a suite of non-tariff trade barriers, ranging from human and animal health trade requirements to government procurement policies, intellectual property protection and digital trade barriers.
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