USTR, Commerce Express Concerns on DST, Dairy

Two readouts from the administration say that Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jayme White and Deputy Commerce Secretary Don Graves told a top Canadian official that they are concerned about proposed legislation that would affect digital streaming services, tax digital services and, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, discriminate against U.S. businesses.

The emailed USTR readout also said White asked Canada's Deputy Minister of International Trade Rob Stewart to convey to the government that Canada should allocate its dairy tariff-rate quotas according to its USMCA commitments.

The readouts also talked about areas of cooperation; in critical minerals, during the Commerce Department meeting, and in USMCA consultations with Mexico over its energy policies. The readouts were released late Dec. 16 and on Dec. 17.

Canada did not issue a readout of the meetings.