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Comment: EU digital-tax plan will spark a global debate, even if it doesn't fly

By Magnus Franklin ( March 27, 2018, 15:35 GMT | Comment) -- Few people predict that the European Commission's proposal for new taxes on digital multinationals will trouble the likes of Google and Facebook any time soon. But that’s not necessarily the point: the true value of the plan is to send a signal to other global bodies that the longer they take to find a solution, the more politically appetizing it will be for the EU to pursue measures on its own.Few people predict that the European Commission's proposal for new taxes on digital multinationals will trouble the likes of Google and Facebook any time soon. But that’s not necessarily the point: the true value of the plan is to put pressure on global talks to create a better alternative....

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