treasury secretary steven chu knutson warned the organization of economic cooperation and development o.e.c.d. against overhauling existing international taxation but france sees it very differently. right now global giants like amazon google or facebook can decide themselves in which country they tax their profits or regulation the u.s. in particular would like to preserve paris wants profits that are made in friends to be taxed in friends and it's determined to enforce that. the american proposal for a solution which companies choose whether to be taxed or not does not convince me if i haven't seen a lot of companies that freely accept being taxed i've always counted on everyone's philanthropy but i'm not sure that with regard to public finance it goes a long way so an optional solution obviously will not be acceptable for france or its o.e.c.d. partners delusive you. the organization for economic cooperation and development is currently working on a proposal for an internationally agreed minimum tax for globally active companies but france plowed ahead this summer with its digital