News France Finance: France will continue with its technology tax amidst tariff threat from US
France’s finance minister says that it will continue to carry out a plan to tax technology firms, despite a threat of tariffs on French goods from US President Donald Trump, according to Reuters. In ...
News France Finance: France urges Trump: 'Don't mix digital taxes and wine tariffs'
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday France would proceed with its tax on the revenues of big technology firms and urged the United States not to bring trade tariffs into the debate on how to fairly raise levies on digital services. Le Maire was responding to U.S. President Donald Trump&
News France Finance: We cannot accept Facebook's Libra project without strict rules, France's finance minister says
Speaking to CNBC ahead of a meeting of finance ministers from the seven largest world economies, Le Maire said that Libra raises questions about money laundering and terrorism financing. "How could we ...
News France Finance: France says Facebook's Libra not yet viable as G7 minister meet
Group of Seven finance chiefs cast a cloud over prospects for Facebook's Libra digital coin on Wednesday, insisting tough regulatory problems would have to be worked out first. The massive social media company's plan to launch a digital coin has met with a chorus from regulators, central bankers
News France Finance: Facebook’s Libra gets stark warning from G-7 finance chiefs
Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven rich democracies have issued a stark warning that cryptocurrencies like Facebook’s Libra should not be allowed before “serious regulatory and systemic concerns” are put in check
News France Finance: France: 5G telecoms decision based on security and performance, nobody to be ruled out
Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron said it was not the aim of France to block Huawei, nor to launch any form of technological war, a day after the U.S. government moved to blacklist the Chinese telecoms giant. "We want to carry out a careful control of this 5G deployment ... without designating
News France Finance: France Sticks to 2020 5G Rollout Plan, Still on the Fence With Huawei
Days after President Emmanuel Macron signaled that France did not intend to block Huawei from the country’s future 5G networks, the finance minister and telecoms regulator have also now indicated that ...
News France Finance: First Rule of Geneva Private Banking: Don't Live in France
For Luc Thevenoz, director of the University of Geneva’s Center for Banking and Finance Law, it’s a tradition that goes ... yet Geneva’s unique location right on the border with France makes it the ...
News France Finance: Will Deutsche Bank's DWS be Acquired by France-Based Amundi?
Deutsche Bank’s DB DWS continues to grab interest of Amundi, a France-based asset manager ... Notably, at the time the German lender planned to use proceed from this sale to finance the merger. ...
News France Finance: Japan Finance Minister Aso: First-Quarter GDP Not Bad, Economic Fundamentals Remain Solid
... Minister Taro Aso delivers a speech during a high-level forum on debt at the Finance Ministry in Paris, France, May 7, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Reuters TOKYO (Reuters ...
News France Finance: 5G decision based on security and performance: French finance minister
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said a decision by France regarding 5G would be based on security and performance of networks, and Le Maire added that France would not ...
