[governance] France Proposes an Internet Tax

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

We've found that there's a need for much more coordination and consultation
between ministries responsible for ITU matters and trade ministries.

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Nick Ashton-Hart
Geneva Representative
Computer & Communications Industry Assocation (CCIA)
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Sent from my one of my handheld thingies, please excuse linguistic mangling.

On 22 Jan 2013, at 21:22, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:


On Jan 22, 2013, at 9:18 PM, Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton at ccianet.org> wrote:

It would not be possible for a measure  to target foreign companies only -
that would breach France's WTO obligations (and that of many other
countries were they to try to do the same thing).


A small problem that seemed to receive zero discussion among the proponents
in Dubai
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