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France Finance Chief to Press Biden Team Today on Digital Taxes

France counts on Biden to secure digital tax deal in 2021
France to resume collecting national digital tax mid-December

Bruno Le Maire
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By William Horobin

November 23, 2020 at 1:34 PM UTC

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France is hoping for a quick end to the simmering transatlantic trade battle over its tax on technology giants such as Facebook Inc. as soon as President-elect Joe Biden takes office.