France has agreed to back down from its so-called “digital tax,” in which it would apply a three percent tax on revenue earned by large (mostly American) companies in the country from digital services. In return for President Trump putting aside threatened retaliatory tariffs, France suspended this new levy at least through the end of this year. That’s a positive development, but states that had been following France’s lead in proposing their own digital taxes should again follow in French footsteps and set their digital taxes aside.
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