• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    [Canada] has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country," Trump said.

    Taxing Meta, Apple, and Amazon for business they do in Canada is an attack on the United States?

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      21 hours ago

      We didn’t “just announce” it materialized three years ago and makes total sense to have in place from Canada’s POV. Dumbass Trump is wrong and lying or both - yet again.

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      Not sure what applies o amazon. They do have advertising/sponsored listings, but don’t know if tax applies on overall business.

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        Amazon Web Services is the world’s most popular cloud provider and where a massive chunk of their profit comes from. Lots of people don’t seem to know about it, but their logistics arms is almost like a side hustle compared to AWS

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          In Q1 2025, AWS accounted for 17% of Amazon’s overall revenue but over 60% of its operating income.