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Global talks on how to tax digital giants such as Google and Facebook are halted by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin after they reach an 'impasse'
2020-06-19
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Mnuchin told four European counterparts that talks were being suspended

  • He warned of US retaliation if Europe presses ahead with its own digital taxes

  • Deal is intended to make firms pay according to their activity in each country

  • The proposed deal is intended to make digital giants pay taxes according to their actual activity in each country, rather than shifting their profits to low-tax regimes such as Ireland or Luxembourg.

  • Mnuchin also took aim at the digital services taxes which some countries including Britain and France have imposed but which Washington sees as unfair to US firms.
Posted by:Skidmark

#4  You'd think this would be useful leverage for Trump.
Posted by: Iblis   2020-06-19 11:13  

#3  Maybe tax based on what the country does FOR those companies?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-06-19 07:59  

#2  Yes, right after matching their import tariffs (direct and indirect).
Posted by: Phusorong Platypus6384   2020-06-19 04:58  

#1  Maybe Europe should be taxed to directly pay for the American troops stationed there. They could always raise their own forces to take their place.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-06-19 04:32  

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