Prime Minister -inist CanadaIN Mark CarneyOn Sunday, he stated that his country resumed commercial negotiations with the United States after he changed his intention to have new taxes on great American technological ones, which led to the president Donald Trump To break the dialogue on Friday.
“In our negotiations on the new economic and security of relations between Canada And USAnew The Government of Canada It will always be guided by the general contribution of any possible agreement for the best interests of Canadian workers and companies, ”he said Carni V statementField
He Canadian financial department announced in a statement that will terminate the tax on digital services (DSTfor his abbreviations in English) on the eve of the “mutually beneficial” commercial agreement with USAField
Canadian Minister of Finance, Francois Filipp ChampagneLast week he warned that the digital tax was still valid and that the first payment that influenced large transnational corporations in the United States as TargetIt must be held on Monday, June 30.
But Trump On Friday, he broke with an immediate result of commercial negotiations with Canada After the reproach of this country Taxwhich will be used retroactively since 2022 and amounted to 3 % of the income of more than $ 20 million, which companies receive from digital services of Canadian residents.
“Today’s announcement will be confirmed by the resumption of negotiations in accordance with July 21, 2025. G7 Leaders Summit This month in Kananaskis“He added CarniField
He Canadian government He recalled that in 2020 he announced that DST would consider the fact that “many large technological companies” operating in Canada do not pay other income taxes that they receive from Canadians.
Although he indicated that preference Canada “It has always been a multilateral agreement”, related to digital taxes, will now terminate the law that created this tax.
From his return to White HouseIN Trump He sought to introduce new tariffs on his partners under the agreements between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC), such as commercial deficiency and drug streams, such as fentinel and migrants.
Given the political changes, Karni, which took this position on March 14, announced in April that negotiations on a new commercial agreement and security agreement between Canada and the United States would be presented.
With information EFE
