White House says Canadian PM ‘caved’ to Trump demand to scrap tech tax
by Leyland Cecco in Toronto from Economics | The Guardian on (#6YB5X)
Trump officials hail U-turn as Mark Carney says decision to rescind digital services tax means revival of trade talks
The United States has said that Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney, caved" to demands from the White House after his government abruptly scrapped their digital services tax on US technology companies, which was set to go into effect on Monday.
It's very simple. Prime Minister Carney and Canada caved to President [Donald] Trump and the United States of America," the press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said in a daily briefing.
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