USMCA no impediment to Canada taxing tech giants, trade lawyer argues

The newly inked free trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico coming into force July 1 gives Ottawa plenty of leeway to tax foreign tech giants such as Google Inc., Facebook Inc., and Amazon.com Inc. on their digital ad sales and services, despite passages designed to prevent “discriminatory treatment” of digital products, says a Toronto-based lawyer who specializes in international trade. Read More