Overview

• A bipartisan delegation of Senators Ron Wyden, Maggie Hassan, Catherine Cortez Masto and Lisa Murkowski met with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa to demand a swift parliamentary repeal of the 3 percent digital services tax.
• Carney said he will table formal repeal legislation when the House of Commons returns on September 15 after suspending the tax at the end of June.
• The Canada Revenue Agency is not collecting the levy but will also withhold refunds until Parliament officially abolishes the tax.
• President Trump set an August 1 deadline in a July 10 letter to impose 35 percent tariffs on Canadian imports to compel removal of the digital services tax.
• The sessions follow broader U.S.–Canada discussions covering softwood lumber quotas and efforts to curb fentanyl precursor flows.