Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital tax
Key takeaways
- Photograph: ABACA/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen‘Numerous’ EU countries had been discussing putting a digital services tax on American companies, Trump wrote on Truth Social.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleDonald Trump has threatened to place a 100% import tariff on any European country that imposes a tax on digital services from US companies.
- “Please let this statement serve to represent that any country that imposes such a tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America,” Trump continued.
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Photograph: ABACA/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen‘Numerous’ EU countries had been discussing putting a digital services tax on American companies, Trump wrote on Truth Social. Photograph: ABACA/Shutterstock Donald Trump Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital tax US president says levy would be imposed immediately and supersede pre-existing trade deals with the country
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleDonald Trump has threatened to place a 100% import tariff on any European country that imposes a tax on digital services from US companies.
Writing on Truth Social on Friday, the US president said that “numerous European countries” had been discussing putting a digital services tax on American companies and that “some of these countries are close to actually doing this”.