Macron says taxing big tech more is a matter of social justice. — AFP
The United States has threatened punitive duties of up to 100% on US$2.4bil (RM10bil) in imports from France of champagne, handbags, cheese and other products, after concluding that France's new digital services tax would harm US technology companies.
French president Emmanuel Macron pressed ahead with the digital tax in the summer, defying US anger at a levy Washington says unfairly targets American companies.
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