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| Czech minister does not fear US retaliation over planned tax on internet giants |
| Prag, 24.01.2020 |
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| The Czech Republic’s minister of finance, Alena Schillerová, says she does not fear retaliation from the United States over the Prague government’s planned digital tax, which is aimed at boosting the state coffers by taxing advertising by global internet giants such as Google and Facebook.
Speaking after a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Ms. Schillerová said the Czech lower house would begin debating the digital tax proposals next week.
A similar levy is already in place in France. It has sparked a spat between Paris and Washington in which the latter has threatened new American tariffs on French goods, a move that some worry could escalate into a broader trade war.
The Czech finance minister told journalists that she did not expect the United States government to impose retaliatory taxes on France.
However, she said, if the US did deploy such measures against any European country it would be a matter for the European Commission.
Minister Schillerová said she was not aware of any American demands with regard to her own officials’ plans to impose a special tax on the likes of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple.
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