Digital Tax Would Kill Hope for U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal: Lawmakers (1)

Senior members of Congress from both sides of the aisle continued the storied American tradition of opposing British taxes imposed on U.S. taxpayers.

Leaders of the committees charged with setting tax and trade policy said July 11 that a U.K. digital services tax would impair a potential post-Brexit trade deal between the U.K. and the U.S.

“I met with the U.K. officials earlier, and said, ‘You expect a trade agreement with the United States and the U.K. It will not happen with your digital services tax. Period. Full stop,” Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance ...