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France calls on US to 'come to its senses' on digital tax retaliation
The French Finance Minister has warned the United States against retaliatory tariffs in response to the French Digital Tax.
The US Trade Representative is holding a public hearing on Tuesday to discuss a response; it's already condemned the French measures as protectionist.
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Euroviews. Black Friday Amazon deals' costs: Workers' health, climate change and your own taxes ǀ View
The e-commerce giant's convenience comes with hidden surcharges: The social cost of its retail dominance manifests in workers’ battered bodies, the mental exhaustion of brutal production quotas, a sprawling carbon footprint and lavish tax subsidies that come out of consumers’ pockets.
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Amazon.ae relates running a regional e-commerce giant to basketball
Syrian-born Ronaldo Mouchawar once had ambitions to be a basketball player. Ultimately, however, he followed in the footsteps of his father who was a merchant, and the man who inspired the name of his online auction site, ‘Souq.com’ in 2005.
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12 million hectares have burnt, three times more than last year
Wildfires are still raging in the Amazon rainforest. 12 million hectares have burnt so far, three times more than last year. In Bolivia, over 5,000 people are fighting the blaze, but it is still out of control. Euronews Aid Zone reporter Monica Pinna recently returned from the affected area.
