The Trump administration threatened the possibility of slapping additional duties of "up to 100 percent on certain French products" in response to a digital services tax France has leveled against the U.S.
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The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a statement Monday slamming France's digital services tax as "discriminatory" and "unusually burdensome" for U.S. companies impacted, including Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.
In response to the digital tax, the USTR proposed additional tariffs on $2.4 billion worth of French goods, including additional duties of up to 100% on certain products.
The decision "sends a clear signal that the United States will take action against digital tax regimes that discriminate or otherwise impose undue burdens on U.S. companies," USTR Ambassador Robert Lighthizer said in the statement.