Canada has scrapped a tax on big US technology firms, just hours before it was due to come into force, to allow trade talks between the two countries to restart. On Friday, US President Donald Trump called off negotiations over a trade deal, describing the tax as a "blatant attack", and threatened higher tariffs on imports from Canada.

Over the weekend, Donald Trump claimed the tax was a "direct and blatant attack" on US tech companies and terminated the trade talks while threatening to impose a new tariff rate on Canadian goods by the 4th of July.