United States (US) President Donald Trump has announced in a social media post that he is cutting off trade talks with Canada.
He called Canada a very diffcult country to trade with. He further said that Canada has “charged our farmers as much as 400% Tariffs, for years, on dairy products, now has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our country.”
“Based on this egregious tax, we are hereby terminating all discussions on trade with Canada, effective immediately”, he added.
Trump said that the country “will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America”.
Last month, for example, he threatened to ramp up tariffs on goods arriving to US shores from the European Union, only to climb downa few days later.
Candace Laing, chief executive of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce which has been critical of the digital services tax, said that “last-minute surprises should be expected” as the deadline for a deal approaches.
“The tone and tenor of talks has improved in recent months, and we hope to see progress continue,” she added.
