The business lobby group is “pressing” the Liberal government “to halt the implementation” of the digital services tax (DST) and to “refrain from any legislative or regulatory action in the digital trade space that we believe discriminates specifically against [U.S.] companies,” Suzanne Clark said at an Ottawa event attended by industry executives and diplomats. She was scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday afternoon. (The Logic)

Talking point: Ottawa’s DST is set to take effect at the start of next year; the levy flouts the USMCA free-trade agreement, the Chamber said, instead pointing to an OECD- and G20-led effort to overhaul the way multinationals are taxed around the world. The organization is also one of several U.S. business lobbies opposed to the Liberals’ Bill C-11 and Bill C-18, which would require digital platforms to pay into Cancon production and out to Canadian media publishers. The government isn’t budging on any of the three measures. Clark also acknowledged some of Ottawa’s own bugbears, promising to push back on the Biden administration’s Buy American proposals.