One of U.S. President Donald Trump’s freshly signed executive orders puts the Liberal government’s digital services tax into the sights of America’s Commerce, Treasury and Trade departments, threatening to further irritate the trade relationship between the two countries.
The America First Trade Policy, signed into force by Trump Monday evening, seeks to ensure America’s trading relationships bring maximum benefit to “American workers, manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs and businesses.”
It directs his secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce departments as well as the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to investigate whether foreign countries are subjecting U.S. “citizens or corporations to discriminatory or extraterritorial taxes.”
