Thank you for this recap, including the areas where my fossilized tech brain understands. I’m sorry I can’t remember the source, but I read that the US Trade Commission has now identified another irritant involving “bad Canada”. This involves our plans for sovereign cloud, data and similar programmes. Any truth to this? Thank you.
Indeed! The United States is increasingly applying pressure on Canada for wanting to have digital sovereignty, which will play out in USMCA/CUSMA negotiations.
Thank you for this recap, including the areas where my fossilized tech brain understands. I’m sorry I can’t remember the source, but I read that the US Trade Commission has now identified another irritant involving “bad Canada”. This involves our plans for sovereign cloud, data and similar programmes. Any truth to this? Thank you.
Indeed! The United States is increasingly applying pressure on Canada for wanting to have digital sovereignty, which will play out in USMCA/CUSMA negotiations.
The first indication of this was back in February, when the State Department told diplomats to begin voicing opposition to data/digital sovereignty initiatives in all countries (including Canada): https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/us-orders-diplomats-to-fight-data-sovereignty-initiatives-reuters/
Then April 1, US Trade Representative listed Canada's laws regarding "online platforms as trade barriers, and added the country’s sovereign-computing initiative to the list": https://financialpost.com/news/economy/us-targets-canada-cloud-computing-trade-irritant