European ‘tech sovereignty’ or ‘tech protectionism’?
A new narrative about “technological sovereignty” is gaining traction in Paris, Berlin and Brussels. Earlier this year, Bruno Le Maire, […]
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Allowing Europe to take advantage of all the benefits technology offers
Europeans have greatly benefited from technology, from Gutenberg’s printing press, to the invention of the combustion engine and electricity. Today’s […]
New EU Payments Rules: Will Europe Stay Open for Business?
Imagine that the online purchase of your flight ticket is blocked, that you suddenly can’t download a movie on your […]
Brussels Strikes Down a Third National Tax… Is the French Digital Tax Next?
Finance ministers in Europe might want to take note of the European Commission’s increased scrutiny of national taxes that conflict […]
Legal experts: National digital taxes constitute state aid that must be pre-cleared by the EU
Some EU countries are rushing ahead with national digital taxes targeted at so-called “tech giants”. However, do these national digital […]
New study: French consumers and firms will pay most of French digital tax
The costs of a digital tax would mostly be borne by consumers and businesses that use digital marketplaces – not […]
EU Digital Tax Proposal Endangers EU-U.S. Trade Relations
This is the first in a series on tensions in the Transatlantic digital trade relationship, and how to resolve them. […]
How the EU’s New Trade Provision Could End Up Justifying More Data Localisation Globally
The EU is about to decide how to push back against forced data localisation measures that European firms are increasingly […]
The Unintended Consequences of a European Digital Tax
Some countries have health taxes to limit sugar consumption, others have green taxes on gasoline. What would be the impact […]
An EU Inconvenient Truth: Digital Companies Pay More Tax Than Traditional Companies
Digital companies are not paying their fair share of taxes, the European mantra goes. The European Commissioner responsible for taxation, […]
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