{"id":2053,"date":"2026-06-28T00:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnglobalnews.com\/2026\/06\/28\/trump-threatens-100-tariff-on-any-country-taxing-us-tech-giants\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T00:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:32:05","slug":"trump-threatens-100-tariff-on-any-country-taxing-us-tech-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=2053","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens 100% tariff on any country taxing US tech giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new levies would override any previously agreed trade deals, the president has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose 100% tariffs on all imports from countries that impose a tax on digital services from American companies.<\/p>\n

The threat comes amid long-running tensions between the US and European nations over digital services regulations and trade policy, raising the prospect of renewed trade friction despite a trade deal reached last year.<\/p>\n

A number of European countries are discussing the implementation of a digital services tax on American firms, Trump said<\/a> on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny 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,\u201d<\/em> he wrote. \u201cThis TARIFF will supersede Trade Deals made with the Country, whether implemented, signed, or not.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The warning came a day after the EU Council approved tariff commitments agreed with the US under last year\u2019s joint trade statement, eliminating the bloc\u2019s remaining duties on American goods covered by the deal.<\/p>\n

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It was not immediately clear whether Trump\u2019s proposed tariffs would apply to countries that already enforce digital services taxes or only to those introducing new ones.<\/p>\n

France, Italy, and Spain each impose a 3% tax on certain digital revenues, while the UK applies a 2% tax on large search engines, social media platforms, and online marketplaces. Austria levies 5% on online advertising revenue, and Turkey imposes a 7.5% digital services tax. The levies tend to affect US technology giants like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Meta, which dominate the market.<\/p>\n

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Trump and the EU have also clashed over the bloc\u2019s Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, which impose competition, transparency, and content-moderation obligations on large online platforms. US officials have repeatedly argued that the EU\u2019s regulatory oversight rules and digital taxes unfairly target American companies.<\/p>\n

At the same time, France has promoted what President Emmanuel Macron has called \u201cdigital sovereignty,\u201d<\/em> with the French government moving some public services away from Microsoft software and pursuing regulatory action against Elon Musk\u2019s X under EU digital rules.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Paris announced that French spy agency DGSI would replace AI software from US defense giant Palantir with a domestic alternative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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