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Great White North
Trump announces end to all trade talks with Canada
2025-06-28
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The United States of America is immediately ceasing all discussions of a trade agreement with Canada. This was announced on June 27 by US President Donald Trump.
Oh dear.
The reason for this decision was the digital services tax introduced by Ottawa. According to the head of the White House, this tax is aimed against American technology companies.
Ah. Choices do have consequences.
"We just learned that Canada, which has already made it extremely difficult to trade with, including years of tariffs of up to 400% on our dairy products, has imposed a Digital Services Tax on our tech companies. This is a direct and blatant attack on our Country," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He noted that Canadian authorities are copying the actions of the European Union, which is also discussing the possibility of introducing a similar tax on the United States.
So they’ll have the advantage of knowing the consequence of their choice ahead of time. Enjoy, guys.
"Based on this, we are ceasing all trade discussions with Canada effective immediately," the American leader said.

The head of the White House added that Washington will notify Ottawa within the next seven days of the amount of duty that the Canadian side will pay for doing business with the United States.

As reported by Regnum News Agency, in early April, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that the country would impose a 25% tariff on all U.S.-imported vehicles not covered by the North American Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA). The day before, Trump signed an executive order imposing 25% tariffs on imports of passenger cars, light trucks, and auto parts.
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Posted by:badanov

#7  Also USMCA ends in a couple of months. It was set up to sunset after two consecutive Trump terms and to not tie the hands of Trump’s successor. It has some inherent protections built in for Canada and Mexico. It would be good for Canadian politicians to figure that out immediately. It may possibly be better for the Conservatives not to be in charge when the treaty expires.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-06-28 23:01  

#6  ^CS, we just had 4 years of a president who faced the wrong way for the anthem, dumped himself and had to be extricated by Secret Service from his own closer routinely. We hold a doctorate in national embarrassment. It sucks to be in the middle of it, but it does end.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-06-28 22:51  

#5  This is all so embarrassing.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper   2025-06-28 22:03  

#4  Act like California, get treated like California.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-06-28 14:13  

#3  FAFO
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-06-28 12:51  

#2  Everyone has advised them to stop poking the bear, but they persist in the stupid notion that their poke position is powerful. They are going to end up as Trump scat. I guess maple leaves kind of count as fiber for him so there is sort of a health benefit to all these dumb shenanigans.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-06-28 12:07  

#1  Trump terminates tariff talks with Canada and tells ally it will know its fate within seven days
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-06-28 01:16  

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