Canada PM Carney resumes trade talks with US

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 12, 2025 shows Canada PM Mark Carney and
US President Donald Trump. Talks between Canada and the US have resumed. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV and ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

TORONTO, Canada — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade talks with the United States have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax US technology firms.

US President Donald Trump said Friday that the US was suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called “a direct and blatant attack on our country.”

READ: Trump ends trade talks with Canada over tax on US tech firms

The Canadian government says “in anticipation” of a trade deal “Canada would rescind” the Digital Serves Tax.

Carney’s office said Carney and Trump have agreed to resume negotiations.

Trump, in a post on his social media network last Friday, said Canada had just informed the US that it was sticking to its plan to impose the digital services tax, which applies to Canadian and foreign businesses that engage with online users in Canada.

The tax was set to go into effect Monday.