President Donald Trump said Friday that he`s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called `a direct and blatant attack on our country.`

Trump, in a post on his social media network, said Canada had just informed the US that it was sticking to its plan to impose the digital services tax, which applies to Canadian and foreign businesses that engage with online users in Canada. The tax is set to go into effect Monday.

`Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately. We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period,` Trump said in his post.