Trump accused French president Emmanuel Macron of 'foolishness' over a move to tax global tech giants, promising substantial retaliation which he hinted could target French wine. — AFP
Major tech firms and US tech industry groups said that France's new digital services tax undermines the global tax regime and multilateral efforts to reform it.
Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc and major trade associations testified Monday against the tax at a hearing before the US Trade Representative's office and other government officials.
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