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The US is trying its hardest to stop the EU taxing its tech companies: <\/strong>Washington is pushing the European Union to call off its plan to impose a new digital tax on US tech companies that operate inside the bloc, the Financial Times<\/a>reports. The US argues that the levy jeopardizes ongoing negotiations to introduce a global minimum corporate tax rate, which received approval by 130 countries last week.<\/p>\n

US and EU officials will convene to discuss the tax levy this week<\/strong>, ahead of a meeting of the G20 finance ministers on Friday, which aims to finalize the agreement before G20 leaders meet in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US is trying its hardest to stop the EU taxing its tech companies: Washington is pushing the European Union to call off its plan to impose a new digital tax on US tech companies that operate inside the bloc, the Financial Timesreports. 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