Reuters| Paris | France
France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday talks with the United States on the taxation of digital companies "remained difficult" despite a pledge from the two countries to avoid a trade war until at least the end of this year.
Le Maire said the truce agreed on Monday by French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump was a "very positive starting point" but now the two countries had to reach a compromise on how to tax digital activities at the global level.
He said the target remained to impose a minimum tax rate on companies which at the moment pay no levies.
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