Technology Technology   The Big Story What Canada’s decision to scrap its tech tax means for future trade talks Canada’s decision to rescind its digital services tax

Canada will rescind a digital services tax – a way of taxing online companies – its government said on Sunday, in a bid to restart trade negotiations with the United States.

But it wasn't just Trump pushing Carney to reconsider the tax. A nonprofit representing CEOs and leaders of some of Canada's biggest businesses, the Business Council of Canada, had warned that Carney defending the tax risked "undermining Canada’s economic relationship with its most important trading partner," Al Jazeera reported.