THE HAGUE: The European Commission said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) it would delay its plan to propose an EU digital tax in order to not jeopardize efforts to secure a global deal on fairer taxation.

After an "extraordinary" breakthrough at G20 talks on Saturday, "we have decided to put on hold our work on a proposal for a digital levy," an EU spokesman said, a day after Washington asked Brussels to delay its tax plan.

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