The Trump administration’s recent trade deals with Southeast Asian countries signal its intent to use such deals in place of treaties to combat digital services taxes or similar taxes that it deems to be discriminating against US companies.
The trade agreements with Cambodia, Malaysia, and Thailand were made during President Donald Trump’s trip to Kuala Lumpur for the 47th Asean Summit.
Cambodia and Malaysia agreed not to impose DSTs or similar taxes that “discriminate against U.S. companies, in law or in fact,” while Thailand said it would “refrain from imposing” DSTs or “measures that discriminate against U.S. digital ...
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