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美国威胁“终止与加拿大所有贸易谈判”,加迅速撤销“数字税”
Huan Qiu Shi Bao·2025-06-30 22:48

Group 1 - The Canadian government announced the cancellation of the digital services tax originally set to take effect on June 30, in order to advance trade negotiations with the United States [1][3] - The digital services tax, proposed in 2020 and officially announced in June 2022, would have imposed a 3% tax on revenues of major tech companies like Amazon, Google, and Meta, retroactive to 2022 [3] - The initial payment for the tax was expected to exceed $2 billion for U.S. companies, which prompted U.S. President Trump to threaten to terminate all trade negotiations with Canada [3] Group 2 - Canada is the largest buyer of U.S. goods, with imports totaling $349 billion last year, while Canadian exports to the U.S. reached $413 billion, making Canada the third-largest source of U.S. imports [3] - The cancellation of the digital services tax is seen as a move to facilitate substantial progress in negotiations regarding the new economic and security relationship between Canada and the U.S. [3] - The U.S. government is also facing ongoing tariff adjustments, with President Trump indicating that he does not see the need to extend the 90-day grace period for tariffs set to expire on July 9 [4]