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Europe's planned digital tax heightens tensions with US

The efforts are exacerbating the already heightened strain between the United States and Europe over a White House plan to impose stiff tariffs on most steel and aluminum imports

European Commission President Juncker, and European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Verhofstadt and his Brexit team from the European Parliament, attend a meeting at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. Photo: Reuters
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European Commission President Juncker, and European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Verhofstadt and his Brexit team from the European Parliament, attend a meeting at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. Photo: Reuters

Alan Rappeport, Milan Schreuer, Jim Tankersley & Natasha Singer | NYT Washington
A global attempt to prevent large, multinational companies from shifting their profits to lower-tax jurisdictions is setting off a fight between the United States and Europe, as policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic spar over efforts to impose new taxes on foreign firms.
 
On Wednesday, the European Commission is expected to take aim at Silicon Valley’s tech giants with a proposal to seriously revamp how technology companies are taxed in the 28-nation European Union. The plan, outlined in a draft obtained by The New York Times, would tax digital media companies based on where they generate revenue, rather