Britain would face “President Trump tariffs” unless it shelves proposals for a digital tax, Boris Johnson was warned EVAN VUCCI/AP1 Plans to introduce a digital tax on Google, Amazon and other technology companies will be met with trade sanctions from President Trump, Steven Mnuchin, the US Treasury secretary, said, speaking at the World Economic Forum gathering of political and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland. Britain is due to impose a 2 per cent digital services tax on British sales of big social media platforms, search engines and online marketplaces in April. 2 Boris Johnson will scrap a £30,000 minimum salary threshold for immigrants coming to the UK after Brexit and instead will take a migrant’s earnings into account as a “contributory” factor towards securing entry to the country. 3 Pressure from Boeing and US officials led Dutch investigators to play down a design fault…

Source: The Times January 22, 2020 00:00 UTC