Digital Services Taxes May Give Leverage In US Trade Deals

Partner Robb Chase is quoted in this Law360 article that discusses how digital services taxes are increasingly becoming leverage points in U.S. trade negotiations. In the piece, Robb explains that the Trump administration’s willingness to put “so much stuff on the table” has shifted other countries’ incentives, making them more open to repealing DSTs. He also notes that the administration is viewing economic inflows and outflows “as one giant economic bundle,” which elevates DST elimination as a potential bargaining tool in broader trade deals.

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