US Says Will Retaliate If Poland Introduces Tax on Big Tech
US Says Will Retaliate If Poland Introduces Tax on Big Tech
Poland will face consequences if it introduces a levy on large technology companies, the incoming US envoy to Warsaw warned, escalating a spat between the two countries.
Poland will face consequences if it introduces a levy on large technology companies, the incoming US envoy to Warsaw warned on Monday, as the spat between the two allies escalated.
The government seeks to present a model to collect taxes from the so-called Big Tech firms in the coming months, Digitization Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski was reported as saying by PAP newswire on Monday. Tom Rose, whom President Donald Trump appointed as US next ambassador in Poland, called the plan “not very smart” in a post on social media platform X.
Rose said that the new tax would hurt the relations between the two countries and the US president would “reciprocate as well he should.”
The response comes a day after Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski clashed with Elon Musk on the X platform over Starlink satellite-internet system for Ukraine and was also accused by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of “making things up.”
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All of Europe should impose those taxes. Trump can impose tariffs if he wants. Let's see how that goes for them.
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If Trump impose tariffs on one of the member of the EU then the entire EU will impose tariffs too. He knows that and he will not do it because he tried it in his first term and their tariffs were not 2 days active due to counter tariffs.
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EU really needs to at least get off of American tech in government service. Our tax shouldn't be going into their pockets.
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Yeah let's see how that is going: https://blog.google/intl/de-de/feed/google-cloud-und-bsi-sichere-cloud-losungen-in-der-offentlichen-verwaltung/
The "BSI" is the German Ministry for security and information security btw
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Average German removedness
Source: am German unfortunately
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What the fuuuuuck
Corporate-owned/non-FOSS software is just mindrot at this point, in the sense that the vast populous apparently cannot fathom that there's another way than trusting big tech.
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How do you guys think Trump would retaliate? Trade tariffs can only be made against the whole EU instead of just Poland
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I bet he doesn't know that.
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SPAIN IS A BRICS COUNTRY!
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We know for a fact he doesn't, because we know that Angela Merkel had to explain to him on multiple occasions that he couldn't negotiate trade deals with her but had to go to the EU as a whole. But since he later had to memorize "person, woman, man, camera, TV", that information was then erased again.
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50% tariffs on imported shoe polish
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We have about 130 abrams, f16s make bulk of our airforce and patriots are our only modern long range sam platform. Not to mention f35s and apaches. The orangist could very easily pressure us but sadly our rulling class is bunch of bootlickers and probably are already figuring out how to undermine this bill.
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I think Europe needs to use european made tools and services. US software- and cloud providers can't be trusted with nation critical things. At this point any data they have access to, will eventually find it self on Putins desk. Trump will use these companies as leverage and to make threats.
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US cloud supports our military endeavors and it spies on you. That AI facial recognition drones and police are using are powered in large part by google and other big tech companies. The immensity of the data centers and how much they cost to build and operate is staggering. You have no idea how much simply not using google would impact the world as google has it's hands in everything.
Stop using American tech.
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The US is sanctioning itself
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what is donald trump trying to achieve again? i don't get it
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It's OK. He doesn't get it either.
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Protecting interests of American businesses, possibly ideological although bribery could be involved too. Trump has been consistent on tariffs for nearly 50 years so it’s safe to assume it’s one of his few core beliefs that’s not as easily affected by his other personality issues.
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In Trump's syphilitic brain, "Making America Great Again", means every other country with the exception of Russia and China, bends the knee and does what America wants, no questions asked. To him, THAT is power. He's too stupid to comprehend the concept of soft power and his diplomatic intelligence amounts only to trying to force others to be nothing more than client states.
This is just bullying tactics to try to make them do that. With the added benefit of destabilizing the west for Putin's benefit.
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I'm convinced he's trying to incite riots for martial law, and force an economic collpase so he and his cronies can buy up the bankrupt companies and assets.
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Defend their propaganda machine at all costs?
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The political equivalent of grade school bullying. It even has the exact same consequences for your reputation, except now it's global instead of being limited to that school building.
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The question should be "What is putin trying to achieve again?"
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Please tax and regulate the fuck about US big tech.
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Multinational companies should be taxed on turnover in the individual countries, not on profits.
And US companies are not above the law, for fuck sake.
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Except the local versions of those companies make zero profit and have no taxable income. This why everyone agreed on a basic business tax rate until the orange monkey pulled out.
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The US can just impose a reciprocal tax on Polish tech's US earnings.
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Can't have money flowing in the "wrong" direction. Duuh
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Germany better march into Polandball* before the Murikans do!!
######*to defend it
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Fuck US
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How about some of those "protections" you are giving to tech given to the people?
Silly me we don't like the people anymore.
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Send the ambassador home