The United States is urgently requesting the EU delay a bloc-wide digital tax, saying it could torpedo international talks to overhaul global taxation, according to a US diplomatic document seen by AFP on Wednesday. The argument has been made over recent days in a discreet but strongly argued diplomatic outreach by Washington to a handful of EU capitals, diplomats said on condition of anonymity. The EU levy, due to be announced by the European Commission on July 14, "threatens the work being undertaken via the OECD/G20 process," said the US document. arp/rmb/dl