French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire criticized the European marketplace dominance of foreign firms, including U.S. tech firm Apple’s…
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U.S. to suspend retaliation contingent on France suspending digital tax
The Trump administration will announce actions against France over its digital services tax but will defer them while France defers tax collections from…
France vows to impose digital tax this year, Trump may retaliate with tariffs
On Thursday, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire vowed that France will tax big digital businesses this year whether there is progress or not…
EU’s Margrethe Vestager says Europe must lead the way with a digital taxes
There is still disagreement among EU members over how to implement a so-called ‘GAFA tax’ – named after Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon – to ensure the global internet giants pay…
Apple, other tech giants, see the specter of future taxes in France
Rather than wait for international rules to catch up, France and a few others are embracing…
France to introduce new ‘GAFA’ (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) tax in new year
France has been pushing hard for a new so-called ‘GAFA tax’ named after Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon…
Apple invites developers to workshop in Paris
Apple has begun sending out a limited number of invitations to a developer workshop…
Apple denies allegations of abusing French developers who’ve earned one billion euros from App Store
Apple has issued a statement defending against allegations made by France’s finance minister Bruno Le Maire…
Europe tightens screws on Apple, other U.S.-based tech firms
Europe is zeroing in on U.S. tech companies amid rising trans-Atlantic trade tensions…
France to sue Apple, Google over developer contracts
France will take Google and Apple to court over contractual terms imposed…
U.S. tech firms like Apple and Amazon pose ‘huge’ tax challenge for France
An initiative to impose an ‘equalization tax’ for tech companies across the EU…
