White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt boasted that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney caved to President Donald Trump‘s pressure to end Canada’s digital services tax on U.S. tech companies. “It’s very simple.

Ottawa said Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump had agreed to resume negotiations on a trade agreement and would aim to reach a deal by July 21.

After Canada rescinded the tax, Trump and Carney agreed to resume trade talks with an eye toward reaching a deal by July 21, 2025. “Canada’s preference has always been a multilateral agreement related to digital services taxation,” Carney’s statement said, reminding folks that the DST was only ever meant to be a short-term solution.