Canada eases US trade tensions with streaming pullback, but questions remain
By Bradley Dress ( June 8, 2026, 20:54 GMT | Comment) -- Canada pulled back on tougher streaming service regulations amid high tensions with the Trump administration over trade and the future of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a potential implication of Ottawa’s increasing desire to ease relations with Washington despite little movement on resolving key issues. The pullback resembled Canada’s scrapping of a digital services tax last year after pressure from the Trump administration.Canada pulled back on tougher streaming service regulations amid high tensions with the Trump administration over trade and the future of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a potential implication of Ottawa’s increasing desire to ease relations with Washington despite little movement on resolving key issues....
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