Canadian Streaming Content Becomes a US Trade Issue

Canada’s cultural-content rules have become a flashpoint in its trade fight with the U.S., after American negotiators reportedly demanded that Ottawa drop requirements for streaming services to promote Canadian and French-language content. Canada refused, even as it has already backed away from some financial levies on streamers. “We were not prepared to compromise on our sovereignty, the protection of the French language, and our culture,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a speech on Saturday after trade talks collapsed.