Canada-U.S. trade talks have resumed after Canada’s last-minute decision to dump its digital services tax, which would have cracked down on big American tech companies. David Akin looks at how U.S. President Donald Trump was threatening to kill any chance of a trade deal, how Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending the decision, and the White House’s reaction to it.
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