The office of the US Trade Representative with the announcement Wednesday:

  • new, suspended tariffs (delayed for 180 days) against six countries (Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, UK) )
  • this is in response to those governments' digital services taxes targeting big tech firms such as Apple, Facebook and Google
  • tariffs are set at 25% on about $2 bn worth of goods

Info via CNN, more here at the link.

Global tax talk is ramping higher: