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France-US skirmish over Amazon digital tax shows why the century-old international tax system is broken

  • Written by Ruth Mason, Edwin S. Cohen Distinguished Professor of Law and Taxation, University of Virginia
Trump and Macron agreed to a detente in their trade spat. AP Photo/Evan Vucci

France and the U.S. have managed to avoid turning their recent trade skirmish into a war – for now.

The dispute involves France’s decision last summer to unilaterally reach outside the United States-French tax treaty framework to tax U.S. tech companies like...

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