# Canada welcomes US shift on French language discoverability in trade talks

https://mins.news/en/item/34909

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-27 21:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/27/canada-welcomes-us-shift-on-french-language-discoverability-in-trade-talks?traffic_source=rss

> Canada’s chief trade negotiator with the United States, Dominic LeBlanc, welcomed US officials’ indication that French-language discoverability on streaming services, labelling and measures promoting French and Canadian culture would not be subject to US tariffs. US trade and commerce officials called the dispute manufactured, as tariff tensions continue between Ottawa and Washington.

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