Carney Gives Trump a Small Trade Victory in Hunt for Larger Deal
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney handed US President Donald Trump a win in the hope of making bigger gains in trade negotiations.
Carney's new government ditched its 3% digital services tax on technology companies on Sunday night, hours before it was set to come into effect. Trump had denounced the tax as 'egregious' and suddenly halted all trade discussions on Friday. Carney decided he needed to do a U-turn to restart the talks.
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