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U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he's terminating all trade discussions with Canada effective immediately.

"We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period," Trump said in a social media post.

He says he's pulling back from the bilateral trade discussions because Canada plans to move ahead with its digital services tax (DST), which requires web giants pay a special tax.

Set to take effect on June 30, the DST requires U.S. companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb pay a three per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users — a policy enacted by former prime minister Justin Trudeau's government that the Parliamentary Budget Office projects will bring in billions of dollars in revenue.

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[-] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 236 points 1 month ago

"We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying..."

How has he still not learned that it is Americans and American businesses that pay the tariffs.

[-] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 172 points 1 month ago

He knows, but he also knows that his base is too dumb to recognize it, so he lies because raising taxes on Americans is unpopular.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago

He also knows that if he just repeats things people will believe them, even in spite of evidence they can see, feel and touch.

[-] Eril@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago

What a stupid timeline, in which the above is true🙄

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

That could be true, but he is dumb enough to not understand. Malice or ignorance are always possibilities.

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[-] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Oh he knows. He's just compelled to lie by whatever that jelly is in his head that is a brain in normal people.

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[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 126 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How dare the Canadian government get American companies to pay their fair share for operating here [in Canada]

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 96 points 1 month ago

How dare they charge *checks notes* the same thing Visa and Mastercard charge everyone in our entire country for everything.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

At least they are not charging American Express numbers. (really blowing out your closest trading partner over 3% on netflix is nuts)

[-] Zier@fedia.io 89 points 1 month ago

Canada needs to start cashing in their US Bonds. Let's watch the US economy start to crash.

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 month ago

I feel like that’s probably our nuclear option and we’re holding out for now since it’s likely Trump chickens out again

[-] regedit@feddit.online 21 points 1 month ago

I hope not. Please do it. tRump and his shit-sucking base only give a shit when the leopard is dousing them and theirs in hot sauce. If crashing and burning this fucker and our country is what it takes to end him and them, don't wait! Do it slowly, like someone shredding important documents.

Bonus points if they or anyone does it each time this regime tries to lie or bury that pressure point. Rich people back this fuck-squad because they care about two things: their money and their lives. Threaten one and/or the other until they abandon him!

[-] Zier@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago

Agree with @regedit Canada should cash in a few bonds, and when president felon freaks out, do a few more. Explain to the orange child that he needs to shut up about Canada, drop the tariffs and observe the trade agreements. America deserves all the backlash the world is piling on it right now. Republicans are vile scum, treat them with the disrespect they have earned.

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[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 83 points 1 month ago

We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying

...that's... not how this works...

[-] Kirp123@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

After all this time he still has no idea how tariffs work.

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[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 13 points 1 month ago

It works like that when you assume the other country will desperately lower their export prices and eat the difference so in the end it's still sold at the same price in the country raising the tariffs. In practice the greedy capitalists raise prices in the shops at the mere mention of the concept of tariffs, even when the product is produced locally.

[-] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 81 points 1 month ago
[-] ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago

Canada geese are my favorite bird. I see them by the lake all the time. They are perfectly well-behaved, until you deliberately try to piss them off.

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Right? They have a terrible rep but they’re pretty fair in my experience. The only time I’ve angered one was when I stepped too close to take a picture of her babies and she did this grass filled mouth hiss at me like a cat. Which to be fair, is fair

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[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago

Congrats to Canada on their newfound status of not having to listen to trumps noise anymore.

And no worries, America will be back soon on its knees groveling for lumber and fish. Just ship it through Mexico, itll be fine.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

Lol oil. Railcar from Alberta to BC, onto a tanker to Mexico, then railcar back up to Montana for the refineries that are tooled specifically for tar sands oil.

Sure it's expensive, but oil from across the pond is about to be as well, or did Iran back down on that?

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[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

Set to take effect on June 30, the DST requires U.S. companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb pay a three per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users

Good.

[-] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

It should be a lot higher, honestly. Encourage building Canadian services and using European services instead of relying on predatory American monopolies.

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

3% of revenue is a substantial number.

However, even better:

The tax, which will take effect on 30 June and be applied retroactively from 2022, will impact both domestic and international companies, meaning American giants Amazon, Google, Meta, Airbnb and Uber will have to start payments from Monday.

Source

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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 month ago

This is the equivalent of that obnoxious kid in the neighbourhood saying they're taking their basketball home and no one can play basketball any more .... then after he leaves, someone else brings another basketball anyway.

[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 42 points 1 month ago

Canada should back out of the USMCA and stop respecting US IP

[-] ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

It would be highly amusing for Canada to start making Star Wars films without Disney's approval, along with a little "Come get me fuckers".

[-] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 12 points 1 month ago

With the Trailer Park Boys as the main characters. Bubbles as Han Solo.

[-] MrDrProfJimmy@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

Some of us never started

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[-] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago
[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.snekerpimp.space 34 points 1 month ago
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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thursday, Canada signs huge rare earth mineral mining deal with ~~Iceland~~ Greenland, humiliating Trump.

Friday, Trump throws a tantrum.

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[-] kubica@fedia.io 29 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of a joke. The person that says it can quit smoking anytime they want, because in fact, they do it multiple times a day.

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[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago

Lol Donald announced that he's shutting up? Canada wins

[-] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

And U.S. consumers lose because, if there's still anyone unclear on this, we pay the goddamn tariff and not a single person in Canada.

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, well, Trump says lots of things. None of which have any meaning or worth. He'll be saying the opposite next week.

[-] goldenquetzal@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

He's just pump and dumping the stock market again now that there's no Iran to distract us

[-] SoupBrick@pawb.social 26 points 1 month ago

Conspiracy Time!

I wonder if they are trying to flood the 'Canada' SEO because of this recent event:

https://globalnews.ca/news/11262681/canadian-dead-ice-custody-florida/

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

The deceased lived in the US for their entire adult life. It's not like a tourist was snatched and died in custody. First, everybody should be outraged about this type of treatment happening to a human being, but there's no reason for Canada to have anything more to do with this.

[-] Bwaz@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

We will let Canada know the tarrif that US citizens will pay to get Canadian products. That's what he means, though he is too much a dumbass to know it.

[-] rozodru@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Well lets see I wonder what the reason for this could be. Could it be the deal we signed with Greeland on Thursday? Could it be the 2.5bil US companies owe us on Monday? Could it be the fact they murdered one of our Citizens? gee which one could it be?

Fuck em and fuck that country. I hate Nazi's and it makes my stomach churn that I have to live above a nation full of them.

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[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago
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[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Is this the country version of DARVO? We killed one of their citizens in an ICE concentration camp, so now instead of apologizing we're lashing out at them? Cool cool cool

[-] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

"We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven-day period,"

...proceeds to bomb Canada tomorrow.

[-] WarmSoda@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Might as well. ICE killed a Canadian citizen.

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[-] intheformbelow@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

I'm in favour of gradual weakening of the US leading to its ultimate dismantling. The sub-300 year experiment has clearly failed, so there's zero reason for the US to exist in its current form.

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah I kind of believe that NA would work better as a bunch of smaller countries in an agreement similar to the EU. I say that as a Canadian who’s politics aren’t as much a dumpster fire too

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Good. I was a bit worried that we'd make some concessions to end the tariffs. Once you've paid the Dane-geld you'll never get rid of the Dane. We have other partners to trade with.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

ART OF THE DEAL

[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

His words have been proven to mean nothing. He just speaks without any thought, senile old man.

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