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The US almost certainly would, at least it did most recently when France wanted to put a digital tax: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21078574/france-us-digi
by chillacy 7y ago
The US almost certainly would, at least it did most recently when France wanted to put a digital tax: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21078574/france-us-digital-tax-deal-negotiations-tariffs-postponed-trump https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21078574/france-us-digita...
A consumption tax is a pretty good way to tax foreign companies though imo, as long as your domestic market is desirable.
- lapnitnelav 7y agoIf enough countries start doing that, maybe the balance of power might be different. Especially in the West.
- bilbo0s 7y ago>The US almost certainly would What happened with China? I know FB isn't really operating in China. (At least no one I knew in Ningbo had it?) So did we sanction China for that or how did that all work? Because, and I don't know if we did or didn't, but if we didn't sanction China, why sanction Australia? Was that situation different somehow? (Other than just "China's richer").