France's Le Maire: EU will retaliate if US imposes sanctions on France over digital tax
|The European Union will retaliate if the US decides to impose sanctions on France over the French digital tax, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday.
"I have made proposals to resolve digital tax dispute to US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and I will make more later this evening," the minister explained. "It is up to our American friends to make a move in the coming days."
Earlier in the day, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Chief Gurria said that the US continues to be favourable towards reaching an international agreement on digital tax reform.
These comments don't seem to be having a significant impact on the market sentiment. As of writing Germany's DAX was up 0.7% on the day while the Euro Stoxx 50 was adding 0.87%.
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