Pharma, tech giants complained of Canada’s drug pricing system, digital service tax to U.S. trade rep

The board that oversees medicine prices in Canada and levies on big social media and online service platforms appear in submissions to the U.S. Trade Representatives review of 'unfair' foreign trading practices.
In the weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on goods from almost every other country, his trade representative sought feedback on 'unfair' trade practices in Canada affecting American firms.

In the weeks leading up to United States President Donald Trump’s imposition of so-called “reciprocal” tariffs on much of the world, American tech and pharmaceutical giants lobbied their government to take action against Canada’s digital services tax and drug-pricing...

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