[governance] France Proposes an Internet Tax

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

On 23-Jan-2013, at 3:47, Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton at ccianet.org> wrote:

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

WTO and GATT obligations will trump saying in the ITRs was one of the caveats that several countries added when either signing on, or taking the ITRs back home for further consultation.

Even for those ministries that weren't as aware of GATT and WTO, they will find out the hard way  I expect, if they try to introduce any tariff or tax that is seen to be discriminatory on national origin,
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