How Digital Services Taxes Reshape Global Trade

Episode 38 of The Tax Policy Podcast digs into the digital services tax — a levy on revenue from user data and advertising that France, the UK, Italy, and others have adopted, and that the US calls discriminatory. Lucas explains how the DST works using the example of a large US tech company, why the OECD's stalled pillar one framework left countries to go it alone, and what a potential 2026 trade truce might look like. Luna asks whether DSTs actually hit the companies or their users, and whether the Trump-era tariff threats changed outcomes. The episode also touches on the EU's digital levy proposal, the role of the US Treasury in ongoing negotiations, and why this issue is central to the broader conversation about taxing the digital economy. If walking through tax policy with us has made something click, listener support keeps it ad-free at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. #DigitalServicesTax #DST #OECD #PillarOne #France #UK #Italy #EU #US #BigTech #InternationalTax #TaxPolicy #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TaxPodcast #GlobalTrade #UserData Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo