Europe’s Voice at UN Tax Talks Grows Despite US Hostility

European countries are actively participating in a United Nations effort to ensure developing economies have a stronger footing to tax remote and digital businesses—an endeavor fervently opposed by the Trump administration.

They have expanded their engagement in the UN talks over a year and a half of discussions, despite initially siding with the US in trying to keep the negotiations from getting off the ground. Germany, France, Estonia, and Belgium were among the most active participants at meetings in New York and Nairobi, and have been key players in closed-door work among negotiators.

“I guess that most of us have ...