Google, Facebook unite with Donald Trump to protest French tech tax

The tech giants are all scheduled to testify in Washington in support of the Trump administration's efforts to potentially punish France for enacting a 3% tax on global tech companies

The relationship between President Donald Trump and the largest US  technology companies has often been frosty but a common opponent -- France’s plan to tax US  tech giants -- will bring the two sides together, at least temporarily.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are all scheduled to testify in Washington on Monday in support of the Trump administration’s efforts to potentially punish France for enacting a 3% tax on global tech companies with at least 750 million euros ($832 million) in global revenue and digital sales of 25 million euros in France.

France’s digital tax “is a