The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Taxy US technology company.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he suspended Commercial talks with Canada In the course of the plans to continue his tax on technology companies, which he described as “direct and obvious attack on our country”.
The Canadian government said “in the expectation” of a trade agreement “Canada would reserve the digital”, the tax serves. The tax should come into force on Monday.
Carney and Trump spoke by phone on Sunday, and Carney’s office said they were closed to resume negotiations.
“Today’s announcement will support a resumption of negotiations against July 21, 2025. The timeline, which was determined on the G7 -G -Leader summit of this month in Kananaski,” said Carney in a statement.
Carney Visited Trump In May in the White House, where he was polite but firm. Trump traveled to Canada for The G7 summit In Alberta, where Carney said that Canada and the United States had set a 30-day period for trade talks.
Trump said in a contribution in his social media network Last Friday, Canada informed the United States that it was followed by his plan to impose the tax of digital services that applies to Canadian and foreign companies that deal with online users in Canada.
The digital service tax should take place including HIT companies AmazonPresent GooglePresent MetaUber and Airbnb With a delivery of 3% income by Canadian users. It would have applied for retrospectively and left us with a US dollar in US dollars that was due at the end of the month.
Daniel Béland, professor of political science at MCGill University in Montreal, described Carney Retreat as a “clear victory” for Trump.
“At some point, this step could have become necessary in the context of trade negotiations in Canada and the USA itself, but Prime Minister Carney was now acting to appease President Trump and agreed to simply resume these negotiations. This is a clear victory for the White House and Big Tech,” said Béland.
He said that Carney looks susceptible to President Trump’s outbreaks.
“President Trump forced Prime Minister Carney to do exactly what Big Tech wanted. The US Tech manager will be very satisfied with this result,” said Béland.
The Canadian finance minister François-Philippe Champagner also spoke to US Finance Minister Scott Bessent on Sunday.
“The abolition of the tax of digital services enables negotiations on a new economic and security relationship with the United States to make important progress,” said Canadian finance Minister François Philippe Champagne in a statement.
Trump’s announcement Friday was the last evasive in The trade war He has been launched for a second term in January since taking office. The progress with Canada was a roller coaster ride, starting with the US president in the northern neighbor A US state.
Canada and the USA discussed the loosening A number of steep tariffs Trump imposed On goods from America’s neighbors.
Trump has imposed 50% tariffs Steel and aluminum as well as 25% tariffs on cars. It also levies a tax of 10% for imports from most countries, although he could increase interest rates on July 9 after the 90-day negotiating period he had defined.
Canada and Mexico are exposed to up to 25% separate tariffs, which Trump used under the patronage of the fentanyl smuggling, although some products are still protected as part of the US Mexico-Canada Agreement of 2020, which was signed during Trump’s first term.
