A con of us who isnt in favor of such attacks. And diesel transport trucks are big polluters and germany is testing a new highway lane for electric hybrid trucks. Welcome to business im stephen beards in berlin google apple amazon and many other big players in the tech scene are facing Harsh Criticism for their tax avoidance strategies theyre all making full use of loopholes and tax law and picking lower tax countries for their headquarters and the European Commission has ordered apple and amazon to pay back taxes in the past but the e. U. Has yet to agree on a block wide digital tax on average companies in traditional sectors in the European Union such as car makers Pharmaceuticals Chemical manufacturers pay around twenty three percent or attacks Tech Companies by comparison like facebook or google they pay only about nine and a half percent tax on average in the e. U. Thats why many countries such as france and austria are suggesting going it alone on a special digital tax. Now well
a whole industry facing inturn no criticism regulatory concerns and blowback over privacy abuse and misinformation there is a lot at stake for google and even more to address for its c.e.o. . one of them privacy. we strongly believe that privacy and security are for everyone not just a few. but you know our work on privacy and security for never done and we want to do more to stay ahead of constantly evolving user expectations. convey the google community was excited about its new products and the new fast so google assisted but for that company the real challenge will be to keep growing and history experiencing mounting competition and growing criticism. designs and let s talk more about tech firms in taxation i m joined now by clemens forrest president of germany s info institute where later today the international monetary fund will