U.S. suspends French tariffs over digital services tax

The U.S. Trade Representative’s office (USTR) said the 25% tariffs on imports of the French goods, which are valued at around $1.3 billion annually and were due to go into effect on Wednesday, would be suspended indefinitely.Washington had announced the tariffs in July after a U.S. investigation showed a French digital services tax (DST) unfairly singled out U.Sคำพูดจาก เกมสล็อตออนไลน์. companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon.

France and other countries view digital service taxes as a way to raise revenue from the local operations of big tech companies which they say profit enormously from local markets while making only limited contributions to public c…