U.S. Voices Concern Over Canada’s Plans for Digital Services Tax
- Biden administration would ‘examine all options’ in response
- Freeland this week presented legislation needed to ready levy
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The Biden administration said it’s concerned by Canada’s plans to move forward with preparation of a tax on big technology firms, pledging to review potential actions if the nation approves the measure.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is worried because most digital-services taxes, or DSTs, “have been designed in ways that discriminate against U.S. companies,” spokesman Adam Hodge said in a statement Wednesday. “If Canada adopts a DST, USTR would examine all options, including under our trade agreements and domestic statutes.”