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French President Calls for Global Tax on Tech Giants 

HeadlineAug 23, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron is defending his call for a global tax on technology giants, including Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google, which employ complex tax dodges to avoid paying tens of billions of dollars. Ahead of this weekend’s G7 talks, Macron told reporters, “The global tech players do not contribute financially to the funding of the common good. It is not sustainable.” 

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