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Canada scraps Digital Services Tax after Trump threatens trade
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Canada rescinds Digital Services Tax
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Billions of dollars in digital service taxes avoided.
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Canada decided to scrap its controversial tax on American tech companies just hours before the first payments were due.
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Ottawa said instead it will focus on advancing broader trade negotiations with the United States.
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The reversal comes after U.S. President Trump said over the weekend that he will be terminating all discussions on trade with Canada
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in response to Ottawa's decision to impose the tax, calling it a direct and blatant attack on the U.S.
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The first payments were initially set to be collected on Monday.
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The 3 percent levy would have been slapped on both domestic and foreign tech companies,
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including Meta, Amazon and Google, on the money they make from Canadian users and customers.
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Since it was retroactive to 2022, U.S. companies could have been looking at a $2 billion tax bill.
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Canada's Minister of Finance and National Revenue said, quote,
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rescinding the digital services tax will allow the negotiations of a new economic and security relationship
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with the United States to make vital progress and reinforce our work to create jobs
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and build prosperity for all Canadians.
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That'll do it for your daily briefing from the New York Stock Exchange.
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I'm Caroline Woods with The Street.
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