“As for the US statements regarding the French digital tax, we have taken note of this. In this, as well as other trade issues, the EU will act and react as one. The EU will remain united. We are closely coordinating with the French authorities regarding the next steps, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Along with this, he called on the United States for dialogue and announced the commitment of the EC to “search for a stable, sustainable and global solution to the taxation of the digital sphere”.
It was previously reported that the United States may impose duties on goods imported from France in connection with the introduction of the digital tax by Paris.
In turn, France threatened to take retaliatory steps.
HSE professor Oleg Matveychev, a political scientist, commented on plans by the United States to impose $ 2.4 billion worth of duties on goods from France in an interview with RT.