The quest to tax the tech titans

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There's an intense economic debate over whether and how to make tech giants pay more tax. Liz Nelson from the campaigning organisation the Tax Justice Network argues that the global tax system is out of date. Andrew Hewson, who owns two bookshops in south west London tells us why he thinks shops like his have an unfair tax burden compared to online retailers. And we hear the case for the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google from Christian Borggreen of the Computer and Communications Industry Association. Also in the programme, the US government has filed fresh charges against the Chinese tech giant, Huawei, and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou who's currently fighting extradition from Canada. The new charges include plotting to break the law on corruption and racketeering, and to steal trade secrets from six American technology companies. Plus, Britain's finance secretary Sajid Javid has resigned unexpectedly as part of a cabinet reshuffle. (Picture: Bundles of dollar bills. Picture credit: Getty Images.)