Government
December 3, 2019
The United States will threaten retaliatory tariffs if countries impose punitive taxes on its tech national champions. Image credit: USTR
By Mickey Alam Khan
The United States is preparing to impose tariffs on French exports worth $2.4 billion after a report released last evening concluded that France was unfairly targeting large U.S. tech companies with a new digital services tax.
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