Berlin | Germany is considering a 10 per cent tax on large online platforms like Alphabet’s Google and Meta’s Facebook, its new culture minister told magazine Stern, in a move likely to heighten trade tensions with the Trump administration.
The proposal comes as Chancellor Friedrich Merz is expected to travel to Washington soon to meet with US President Donald Trump, although a trip has not yet been officially announced. Trump has in the past said he will not allow foreign governments to “appropriate America’s tax base for their own benefit”.
