Washington, March 19 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker issued the following press release:
As first reported in Politico, Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), a member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, introduced the Protecting American Streaming and Innovation Act, legislation to counter Canada's digital trade barriers targeting American streaming companies and content producers.
Under Canada's Online Streaming Act, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) imposed costly financial and regulatory burdens on U.S.-based digital services while exempting Canadian competitors.
The Protecting American Streaming and Innovation Act would launch a Section 301 investigation into Canada's Online Streaming Act to determine if Cana...