Canada: USMCA the ‘appropriate’ venue for talks on digital services tax

Following a U.S. challenge to its digital services tax measure under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Canada said it welcomed the use of the trilateral deal as an “appropriate forum” for further dialogue on the issue while maintaining that Ottawa is acting well within its international obligations. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative last Friday requested USMCA consultations , the first step in a formal dispute, with the Canadian government over its digital services tax, calling it a “unilateral” measure that...