US Companies View Ottawa's Streaming Rebuke As Positive for Renewed Trade Talks -- Market Talk

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1400 ET - The lobby group representing US companies operating in Canada applauds the Liberal government's directive ordering the country's broadcasting regulator to rework its policy decision on online streaming. The American Chamber of Commerce in Canada says this will help "create the conditions necessary to advance a broader Canada-US trade agreement." The chamber has a keen interest in ensuring that talks between Washington and Ottawa on trade pick up steam and start heading down a more productive path. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer had identified Canada's rules as a trade irritant. The broadcasting regulator's order last month to compel online streamers like Netflix to sharply increase their financial contributions toward Canadian programming triggered anger in Hollywood, and prompted fresh accusations of Canadian trade barriers from President Trump's chief envoy in Ottawa, Pete Hoekstra.(Paul.Vieira@wsj.com; @paulvieira)

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