Boris Johnson’s Big Tech tax risks souring his friendship with Trump

Published August 1, 2019 11:00am ET



When France imposed a new digital services tax on Silicon Valley’s biggest companies, President Trump responded in kind, threatening a tariff on the country’s wines.

That evidently didn’t faze Boris Johnson, the new United Kingdom prime minister. His proposal for a similar charge could be an early test of his relationship with Trump, who had praised his selection for the post, and imperil a trade agreement between the two nations once Britain leaves the European Union.

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