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Transatlantic Tensions Rise Over Digital Taxes

Transatlantic Tensions Rise Over Digital Taxes
A giant digital sign at Facebook's corporate headquarters campus in Menlo Park, Calif., on Oct. 23, 2019. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
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WASHINGTON—The dispute over digital services taxes has increased after Washington pulled out of global negotiations last week, triggering fears of a new trade war between the United States and Europe.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin withdrew the United States from negotiations that seek to rewrite cross-border tax rules for digital trade.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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