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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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[-] ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks 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.

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks 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.

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[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks 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

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Good. I was a bit worried that we'd make some concessions to end the tariffs. Once you've paid the Dane-geld you'll never get rid of the Dane. We have other partners to trade with.

[-] kubica@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks 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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[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Bring in BYD ....

[-] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks 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.

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

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