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BTLR recs could see U.S. tariff levies under USMCA: Geist

Briefs | 02/20/2020 11:36 am EST
Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, appears before the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade meeting in Ottawa on Feb. 19, 2020./ Photo by Andrew Meade.

OTTAWA Any content levy on internet giants, as the telecom and broadcasting legislative review panel recently recommended, could expose Canada to retaliatory tariffs under the new NAFTA, University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist told the parliamentary trade committee Wednesday. 

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