Europe is facing the prospect of a new transatlantic trade war with its trade chief muzzled and mired in a potential conflict of interest
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Despite these concerns, Brussels on Thursday said Hogan is still the EU's point man for trade talks with the Trump administration. "I don’t see at the moment any real conflicts of interest, because there is not much to negotiate before the elections," Lange told POLITICO. Washington “made the decision that rather than have [other countries pursuing digital services taxes] on their own, we’d just say we’re no longer involved in the negotiations,” Lighthizer said.and said his government will apply its own digital levy regardless of threats of retaliation. "There will indeed be, as I have always promised, a digital tax in 2020 in France," he said.
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