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The threat of a new transatlantic trade war diminished after 137 countries agreed to continue negotiations aimed at creating rules for taxing multinational technology companies that receive foreign revenue.

Having just persuaded France to hold off on a digital tax that would hurt its biggest technology firms, the U.S. is facing a similar threat from another part of Europe.

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France and the U.S. will seek a compromise on the taxation of digital services over the next two weeks in an effort to avoid an escalation in the transatlantic trade dispute.

The middle market pursues growth through technology, better banking for small businesses, and seven other things that happened this past month.

A common opponent — France’s plan to tax U.S. technology giants — will bring the two sides together, at least temporarily.

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A French-U.S. clash over digital taxation overshadowed the start of a Group of Seven finance chiefs meeting as France refused to flinch on its levy that would hit tech giants.

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A second court rejected claims the search-engine giant abused loopholes to avoid paying its fair share.

Some of the largest U.S. technology companies pushed for a corporate tax overhaul in 2017 by suggesting they would go on hiring sprees and boost the economy. Just over a year after getting what they wanted, data show these firms gave most of their huge tax savings to investors.

The European Union has taken a closer look at how the search giant uses operations in Ireland to help reduce its corporate tax obligations.

Word of mouth was once an accounting firm’s primary means of gaining new clients, but these days, your prospective customers likely rely on search engines.

The European Union’s inability to agree on taxing Internet giants like Google and Amazon shows the need for majority voting at the soon-to-be 27-member bloc, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said.

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Risky tech decision-making at small businesses, forced Office upgrades, and eight other things that happened in technology this past month and how they’ll impact your clients and your firm.

Europe’s efforts to tax large tech companies were kept on life-support Tuesday as France and Germany proposed a final-hour compromise that scales back the broad plan initially envisioned by Paris.

Resistance continues against a levy that divides the region’s governments and threatens to fragment its single market.

The U.K. just joined a growing array of countries telling Big Tech it’s time to pay up.

Alphabet, Facebook and Amazon are among the U.S.-based multinationals facing the new levy.