My Globe and Mail op-ed opens by noting that after years of dismissing the warnings of likely retaliation, the Canadian government caved to U.S. pressure earlier this week as it cancelled the digital services tax. Faced with the U.S. suspension of trade negotiations, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced that the government would rescind the legislation that created it.
Archive for July 3rd, 2025
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Heads They Win, Tails We Lose: What Lies Behind the U.S. Trade Battle For Control over Data 
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