Bert von Stuelpnagel will host a discussion of  Europe’s  War on Technology companies 
Europe’s War on US Tech is motivated by at least two principal motives: The fear that American technology companies, while clearly ahead of their European rivals, do not provide sufficient privacy protection; and the widespread opinion that they do not pay their fair share of taxes, given their outsized income. The Current Affairs discussions on November 19 will ask two questions: Are these valid concerns; and should the European point of view be shared by Americans?

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