The incoming US envoy to Warsaw warned on Monday that Poland will face consequences if it introduces a levy on large technology companies, as the spat between the two allies escalated.
Digitization Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski was reported by PAP newswire on Monday as saying the government seeks to present a model to collect taxes from the so-called Big Tech firms in the coming months. In a post on social media platform X, Tom Rose, whom President Donald Trump appointed as the next US ambassador in Poland, called the plan “not very smart.”
Rose said the new tax would hurt relations between the two countries, and the US president would “reciprocate as well he should.”
The response comes a day after Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski clashed with Elon Musk on the X platform over the Starlink satellite-internet system for Ukraine and was accused by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of “making things up.”
Poland and the US have been working closely together to help Ukraine, which has led to greater business cooperation between the two countries. Poland has recently increased its arms purchases from the US, and American companies were chosen to build Poland’s first nuclear power plant. Alphabet Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are set to boost their investments in the country.
Rose said the new tax would hurt relations between the two countries, and the US president would “reciprocate as well he should.” Read More
