U.S. Envoy Calls Unilateral Digital Taxes ‘Self-Destructive’ (2)

The U.S. continues to hammer home its message for countries considering unilateral measures to tax tech giants: Don’t do it.

The U.S. ambassador to Poland called unilateral plans to levy digital taxes on large tech companies “self-destructive” in an op-ed piece published March 1 by Rzeczpospolita, a major Polish daily.

“They are a signal that foreign investment in the digital sector is not welcome,” Georgette Mosbacher wrote. “As a result, they only discourage investments in technologies and innovations” in countries that seek to attract them, she added.

A growing number of countries, dissatisfied with the way current global tax ...