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This would have included revenue from search engines, social-media platforms and online marketplaces. The tax was enacted by Canada last year with the first payments due to be collected June 30, mere hours before Mr. Carney scrapped it. This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney met with auto sector chief executives from Ford Canada, Stellantis Canada and General Motors of Canada as the Canadian and U.S. governments try to reach a trade deal that might end auto tariffs, among other levies. The CEOs are urging Ottawa to repeal federal regulations that require one in five vehicles (20 per cent) sold starting in 2026 to be zero-emission models. This rises to 60 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035. As Steven Chase and Eric Atkins report, automakers warn that electric-vehicle sales in Canada are waning this year and it would be impossible to reach the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate targets, especially with federal EV incentives for car buyers on pause. The automakers also say they won't be able to meet next year's target, and that consumers – not government – should decide what is available on the car lots. Canada is grappling with Mr. Trump's 50-per-cent tariffs on steel and aluminum, and a 25-per-cent tariff on autos. Canada's trade deficit with the world narrowed in May, falling to $5.9-billion from a record $7.6-billion in April, according to Statistics Canada data. Tariffs continued to weigh on exports to the United States, Nojoud Al Mallees reports, already slowing down the Canadian economy. Forecasters expect the economy shrank in the second quarter, and for the trade challenges to continue exerting upward pressure on the jobless rate. Still, the only thing that shimmered in Statistics Canada's latest release of trade numbers was soaring exports of unwrought gold, silver and platinum. The rise in prices for the shiny metals has increasingly skewed Canada's trade numbers. 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