Trump promised them a system of regulatory forbearance in exchange for low-cost bribery, backstopped by a xenophobic, belligerent geopolitics that would rain down punishments on any country that dared to regulate or tax Big Tech:
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Canada drops digital services tax to help restart US trade talks
A new tax on technology firms is being halted after Trump threatened new tariffs on Canadian goods.