Overview

• President Trump abruptly halted the 30-day tariff negotiations launched at the G7 summit in Kananaskis after Ottawa moved ahead with a digital services tax retroactive to 2022.
• In a Fox News interview, he linked the suspension to the DST and expanded his demands to include overhauling Canada’s supply management system for eggs, dairy and poultry.
• Trump warned that U.S. farmers face import duties of up to 400 percent under Canada’s current farm policies and threatened to freeze all discussions until the taxes are repealed.
• Canada’s Parliament approved Bill C-202, which legally prevents any future government from easing existing tariff or quota limits, cementing protections for domestic producers.
• With Washington insisting on both a DST repeal and farm-policy reforms and Ottawa constrained by its own law, bilateral trade talks remain stalled with no clear path forward.