Trump removes Canada from trade framework

President Donald Trump did not publicly sign an order removing Canada from a “North American Strategic Trade and Security Framework.” The documented action was his June 27, 2025 announcement that the United States was terminating trade talks with Canada over its digital services tax. (whitehouse.gov) (reuters.com) Trump said Canada’s tax on large technology companies was a “blatant attack” on the United States and said Washington would tell Canada within seven days what tariff it would pay. The Associated Press and Reuters both reported the move as a suspension or termination of trade discussions, not an exit from an existing continental framework. (reuters.com) (apnews.com) The tax at the center of the dispute was Canada’s digital services tax, a 3% levy on certain revenue tied to online users in Canada. Canada said the measure applied to large foreign and domestic businesses and had been designed while multilateral talks were still unresolved. (canada.ca 1) (canada.ca 2) Two days later, on June 29, 2025, Canada rescinded the tax before the first payments were due. Ottawa said Prime Minister Mark Carney and Trump had agreed to resume negotiations with a view to reaching a deal by July 21, 2025. (canada.ca) (reuters.com) That makes the viral claim narrower than advertised. The evidence supports a breakdown in talks over one tax dispute, followed by a rapid reversal, not a verified White House order dismantling customs, energy, or border-security integration with Canada. (reuters.com) (whitehouse.gov) The broader backdrop was already tense. Trump had imposed tariffs on many Canadian goods earlier in 2025, and Canada had published counter-tariff lists while also describing negotiations on a “new economic and security relationship” with the United States. (canada.ca) (brookings.edu) No authoritative public source located in this review backed the video’s specific claims about a 31-year framework being terminated, a 43% Upper Midwest natural-gas spike, emergency grid measures in 14 states, or auto-plant shutdowns caused by such an order. Those details did not appear in White House materials or the primary reporting found here. (whitehouse.gov) (canada.ca) So the clean version of the story is simpler: Trump blew up U.S.-Canada trade talks on June 27, 2025 over Canada’s tech tax, and Canada dropped the tax on June 29 to restart negotiations. The bigger claims about a vanished North American trade framework remain unverified in the public record reviewed here. (canada.ca) (reuters.com)