- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
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.
Do you mean Greenland or did they do some deal with Iceland?
Ugh. No, you’re right. Greenland.
It’s easy to remember which one is which, Iceland is green and Greenland is covered in ice.
I was so focused on making fun of Trump that I messed it up.
Iceland = Bjork, Greenland != More ice-covered land than green.
I love Björk. She’s small and angry.
In the 90s UK Spitting Image did a whole sequence of “101 things to do with a Bjork” - she was living in England at the time being her awesome self. Go take a peek on youtube for it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hex88k2fgAE
I have my own list of things to do with a Björk.