[disgruntledphd2]

> The EU could change that if it wanted to.

They definitely can't, given that tax decisions require unanimity. Like, if they didn't get this sorted when they had Ireland over a barrel in 2011, it's probably not going to happen. Full disclosure: I am an Irish citizen.

[forty]

Still it would not be very hard for individual countries to find indirect ways to tax them individually. Like putting 50% VAT on extensive phones to target Apple, or on application stores revenue, etc.

[disgruntledphd2]

Again no. VAT is also managed at EU level. The digital services tax could be done. The best thing would be to implement the full beps agreement but the US don't want that.

[forty]

Is it? It looks like it ranges from 17% to 27% depending on countries, so I assumed it was still national decision.