{"id":1365,"date":"2025-06-27T18:19:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2025-06-27T18:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:19:55","slug":"trump-announces-tariff-hike-cancels-trade-talks-with-canada-over-digital-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theinformant.com\/?p=1365","title":{"rendered":"Trump Announces Tariff Hike, Cancels Trade Talks with Canada Over Digital Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the United States will impose new tariffs on Canadian imports in response to Canada&#8217;s implementation of a Digital Services Tax (DST) targeting major U.S. tech companies. Trump also stated that all ongoing trade negotiations with Canada have been \u201ccanceled effective immediately.\u201d The Canadian DST, set to take effect this year, places a levy on revenues earned by large digital platforms operating in Canada, most of which are based in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theinformant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-27-jun-2025-12_11_16-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1367\" style=\"width:474px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Created with AI<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump criticized the tax as \u201cunfair retaliation\u201d and vowed to defend American technology firms against what he called \u201chostile foreign taxes.\u201d The announcement is expected to escalate trade tensions between the two countries and could impact key sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, and digital commerce. 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