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France won't scrap tax on tech giants, despite Trump threats

France won't scrap tax on tech giants, despite Trump threats

5 years ago
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https://apnews.com/901c1099ba5b482a848a90834309ecda

PARIS (AP) — France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech giants like Google and Facebook despite U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine.

After Trump slammed the "foolishness" of the tax in a tweet Friday and promised reciprocal action, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said "France will implement" it anyway.

France won't scrap tax on tech giants, despite Trump threats

Jul 27, 2019, 11:17am UTC
https://apnews.com/901c1099ba5b482a848a90834309ecda > PARIS (AP) — France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech giants like Google and Facebook despite U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine. > After Trump slammed the "foolishness" of the tax in a tweet Friday and promised reciprocal action, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said "France will implement" it anyway.