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France to apply digital tax whether US returns to negotiations or not

Nearly 140 countries have been negotiating the first rewrite of international tax rules in a generation

Paris, US give themselves 15 days to settle dispute on taxing tech giants

President Donald Trump last month threatened to punish Paris for a new tax on tech giants such as Netflix and Amazon

For French champagne makers, Trump tariff threat is not the only worry

The US, the second-biggest overseas destination, is threatening 100 per cent tariffs on the drink in response to a French digital-services tax affecting the likes of Alphabet's Google and Amazon.com

US considering tariff on $2.4-bn French goods in response to digital tax

The decision sends a clear signal that the US will take action against digital tax regimes that discriminate or otherwise impose undue burdens on its firms, US Trade Representative said

Trump's wine tariff threats are giving France's Macron a headache

Existing US tariffs on wine from Europe aren't that much lower than the EU's levies on American wine: The gap is about 5 to 15 cents per bottle

France refuses to scrap tax on tech giants despite Donald Trump's threats

The French measure does not only target US companies, and only concerns revenues within France, notably of companies that use consumer data to sell online advertising

Let's tree again: Macron offers Trump replacement 'friendship' oak

It was a symbolic gesture: the tree came from a northern French forest where 2,000 US Marines died during World War I