U.S. moving to impose retaliatory tariffs on countries taxing digital goods
The U.S. plans to enact new retaliatory tariffs on nations that tax digital goods from American internet companies, including those that tax App Store purchases. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has proposed tariffs that are approximately equal to taxes that various countries are requiring of international tech companies. Bloomberg estimates that the total annual value of the duties reaches $880 million. The USTR's retaliatory tariffs would tax imports as much as 25% annually from a list of countries that includes the U.K, India, Spain, Italy, Turkey, and Austri...