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EU to go it alone on digital tax, after US pulls out of talks
By EUobserver
The EU is ready to go it alone with taxing digital services provided by companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook or Apple if there is no global deal on such a tax this year, economic commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday. His comments came after the US pulled out of talks. Gentiloni said he hoped the move is only a "temporary setback" and the bloc still sought a global solution.