US opens investigation into Britain's digital tax on tech giants

The White House has taken a step towards retaliating against Britain’s tax on tech giants, opening a trade investigation into several countries’ plans to make companies such as Facebook and Amazon pay more in local markets. Robert Lighthizer, the US trade representative, announced a “Section 301” investigation into the UK, Italy, Spain and the EU as a whole, among several other countries, saying plans for digital taxes would “unfairly target” American companie