Financial leaders met Saturday ahead of next week's G7 summit and agreed on a plan to set a 15% minimum global tax rate and require companies to pay taxes where they operate. The agreement between the G7 countries (which consist of the U.S., France, the U.K., Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Germany) sets the stage for broader adoption at the G20 meeting set to take place in July. The push for a global minimum tax rate appears to be aimed at making sure that Big Tech companies pay a larger share of taxes and can't reduce their tax burdens through international loopholes. It's not clear exactly how new global tax measures might impact the progression of the tech space over the long term, but it's reasonable to expect that Big Tech leaders could face a substantially bigger tax burden in the near future. Image source: Getty Images. Mounting consensus among major economic powers about new tax policies that would impact companies such as Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL), and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) comes amid other regulatory pressures. The G7 countries' agreement on a global minimum tax rate of 15% follows announcements that the U.K. and the E.U. had launched antitrust investigations into Facebook's Marketplace service. Meanwhile, Alphabet and Apple each recently changed cookie tracking systems in their respective browsers after coming under fire for infringing too much on user privacy. Big Tech companies have made huge progress toward building encompassing product ecosystems over the last decade. However, momentum on this front has also raised concerns about the increasing power that these companies wield and the stifling impact their growth may be having on the competitive landscape. Facebook, Alphabet, and Apple still look like great companies, but they're bumping up against new challenges after long runs of incredible growth. 10 stocks we like better than AppleWhen investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now... and Apple wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of May 11, 2021 Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Randi Zuckerberg, a former director of market development and spokeswoman for Facebook and sister to its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Keith Noonan has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Alphabet (A shares), Alphabet (C shares), Apple, and Facebook. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: long March 2023 $120 calls on Apple and short March 2023 $130 calls on Apple. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Source