Americans should be encouraged by the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) office’s recent announcement that it is ramping up its defense of innovative American companies from aggressive digital tax plans being cooked up in Europe. For years, foreign countries have been crafting schemes to impose digital taxes that unfairly target American companies in a naked attempt at squeezing them for more revenue. While the Trump administration has long opposed these efforts, USTR has indicated that it is reaching deeper into its toolbox to help mount a defense against these efforts.
