[Weekly News Roundup] Digital Services Taxes, Human Rights Sanctions, and Inflation Outlook

This week's trade news roundup talking about three news events for the week.  First up is Canada refusing to extend a freeze on digital services taxes, the second about a proposed US bill to sanction companies enabling human rights violations in China, and the third about inflation outlook and consumer sentiment. 

Main Points
- Canada is refusing to join an agreement to extend a freeze on digital services taxes, which would allow Canada to tax digital services like online shopping, streaming, banking, etc. This could negatively impact e-commerce but generate revenue for Canada.

- The proposed US bill would sanction foreign companies that enable human rights violations against Uighurs in China. Andy and Lalo believe the bill will likely pass due to political pressure.

- Andy believes the article claiming inflation outlook is brightening is misleading, as inflation and prices are still significantly higher than normal.

- Trade volumes will likely continue to rise overall but have shifted away from China to other countries due to forced labor concerns

Enjoy the show.

Host: Annik Sobing: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annik-sobing-mba-b226251a2/ 
Host: Andy Shiles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshiles/ 
Host/Producer: Lalo Solorzano: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lalosolorzano/ 
Co-Producer: Mara Marquez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mara-marquez-a00a111a8/

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