commission wants to change that they plan to impose a special three percent tax on certain divisions within the tech giants today's proposal. simply about favor for all companies they're about creating the right environment for modern businesses and they're about future proofing single market so that collectively we can rise to the challenges of globalized and digital eyes age and in the future tech companies would also be taxed where they sell their products and not just where they're registered that would mean a nice windfall for public coffers at the same time as drawing out european tax oases. well you've seen it in the news lately if there's a tariff conflict turnley unfolding between the u.s. and its trade partners and in the midst of it african leaders just signed the creation of the african continental free trade area let's take