U.S. Blocking Digital Tax Agreement at OECD, Le Maire Says

Global agreement on a version of the OECD’s plan to tax the digital economy should be possible by the end of this year, but the U.S. still has to be convinced, the French finance minister said Thursday.

“The last state that is blocking an agreement on digital taxation at the OECD is the United States,” said Bruno Le Maire, France’s Minister of Economy and Finance, speaking at a meeting of the French Senate’s finance committee.

“We won’t have a global, totally complete, agreement on digital taxation,” he added. “But we can at least have a minimal taxation on digital ...