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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/07/2026

Trump wasted no time leaning on US trading partners on behalf of Big Tech. He bullied Canadian PM Mark Carney into dropping his plan to tax US tech companies: www.canada.ca/en/departmen... 12/

canada.ca

Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance broader trade negotiations with the United States - Canada.ca

The DST was announced in 2020 to address the fact that many large technology companies operating in Canada may not otherwise pay tax on revenues generated from Canadians. Canada’s preference has alway...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/07/2026

Big Tech uses a variety of tax-cheating gambits to evade taxation around the world, making it impossible for (tax-paying) domestic companies to compete. Trump also got UK PM Keir Starmer to drop his plan to tax tech: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 13/

theguardian.com

Starmer offers big US tech firms tax cuts in return for lower Trump tariffs

Exclusive: UK willing to placate Trump with lower digital services tax rate also encompassing non-US companies

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/07/2026

And he got the EU to roll back its plan to regulate AI: fortune.com/2025/11/07/e... 14/

fortune.com

EU moves to weaken landmark AI Act amid pressure from Trump and U.S. tech giants, according to news report | Fortune

The European Commission is considering softening parts of its flagship AI Act amid industry complaints that strict rules could stifle innovation and hurt competitiveness, the Financial Times says

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