U.S. launches probe of French plans to tax tech giants, a potential step to retaliation and a new transatlantic trade rift https://t.co/UGju8yQHc1
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) July 10, 2019
...we're going back to 'Freedom Fries,' aren't we https://t.co/tlZAX5Itz4
— Tashas[E]v (@TashasEv) July 10, 2019
U.S. to probe French plan to tax tech companies: source (BEPS Action 1) https://t.co/X3r5qOEeW4
— Robert Sledz (@Robert_Sledz) July 10, 2019
? Trump is about to order an investigation into France’s plan to tax tech companies, a source says https://t.co/A06NgHSB1H
— Michel Rose (@MichelReuters) July 10, 2019
White House plans to launch investigation into France's plan to tax revenue of US tech companies like Facebook and Google.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) July 10, 2019
Probe could potentially lead to US imposing tariffs or other trade restrictions.
Announced today.@jendeben @laurapdavison scoop. https://t.co/0TVCntpitB
National Association of Manufacturers wants to make manufacturing jobs more appealing. OK then, how about making it easier for manufacturing workers to form unions? #1uhttps://t.co/iT356n4RI1
— Jordan Barab (@jbarab) July 10, 2019
Trump directs government to revamp care for #kidney disease | @washingtonpost https://t.co/uTfGrtI0FY#AdvancingKidneyHealth
— Am Soc Nephrology (@ASNKidney) July 10, 2019
Apparently they didn't get the memo about The Lion King being "fascism for furries". So unwoke of them. https://t.co/OnorOTjl1e https://t.co/PqoRj8Eg2W
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) July 10, 2019
Mary Landrieu really sucks.
— “do you understand history?” (@rondtjr) July 10, 2019
Charter School Measure Slips Into District Law (https://t.co/5BPzgI2AGh) https://t.co/tfvZ2WwWrC
President Trump cannot block his critics on Twitter, federal appeals court rules https://t.co/8pFuANtQ34
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) July 9, 2019
“We Need To Know The Truth About JEFFREY EPSTEIN And His Friends. All of It.” July 8, 2019 ... “ALEXANDER ACOSTA, then a U.S. Prosecutor & now The Labor Secretary, SIGNED OFF ON EPSTEIN’S PLEA DEAL in his solicitation case.” ..... https://t.co/um0au7opnw https://t.co/LdHdxuonkC
— @bobj72 (@bobj72) July 9, 2019
4 concerts to catch in the D.C area over the next several days! https://t.co/eUNhWQvwLW pic.twitter.com/IooWJE5jdZ
— YunaRouge (@TeamYuna) July 11, 2019
https://t.co/yo6a0K9gjj the women’s team literally makes more than the men.
— Hayley Barron ? (@hayles_yeah) July 10, 2019
France just passed a digital tax to close tax loopholes. The European Commission estimates that digital companies pay an average effective tax rate of 9.5 percent, compared with the roughly 23 percent paid by traditional businesses. @glenweyl https://t.co/xY3BylK2EE
— Ioana Marinescu (@mioana) July 11, 2019
The Tech Cold War expands to France https://t.co/4omEkAur6W
— Tariq KRIM (@tariqkrim) July 11, 2019
What about BEAT, the new tax introduced by Trump under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017? The new French Digital Services tax is seemingly a base erosion measure in the same way as BEAT. https://t.co/23hCHTMTz4
— Ashish Khetan (@AashishKhetan) July 11, 2019
Interesting - the US is unwilling to hold big tech to account, but is perfectly willing to go after EU allies that try to do so. We're heading towards Splinternet if the adults don't wake up! https://t.co/4FO2HLQLp9 via @NYTimes
— Maya Zehavi (@mayazi) July 11, 2019