EU working on digital tax, WTO reform proposals, trade official says

  • EU is willing to consider judicial restraint in World Trade Organization dispute settlement and will submit a WTO reform proposal in February.
15 Jan, 2021

WASHINGTON: The European Union is working on a new proposal to try to resolve disputes with the United States over digital services taxes, EU Director General for Trade Sabine Weyand said on Friday.

Weyand told an online event held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington that the EU also is willing to consider judicial restraint in World Trade Organization dispute settlement and will submit a WTO reform proposal in February.

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