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If only Trump or tech companies cared about laws.Maybe if they didn't, you know, break the law etc...
Trump threatens EU with ‘substantial’ tariffs over fines of US tech giants
After Google fined €890m by EU, US president said Europe was ‘robbing’ American companies and taxpayers
Donald Trump has threatened the European Union with additional and “substantial” tariffs after Brussels imposed a series of steep fines on US tech giants.
The US president accused Brussels of taking “direct aim” at several American companies including Apple, Meta Platforms, Amazon and Google, writing in a Truth Social post: “The United States of America is not a ‘PIGGYBANK’ for Europe, nor will we allow it to be!”
Days earlier, Google was fined €890m ($1bn) by the EU after its search and app store services were found to have breached online competition laws. Last year Apple and Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, were also fined.
Trump claimed in his social media post on Friday that the US would “immediately” launch an investigation into the EU’s practice of “‘ROBBING’ American Companies and, in turn, the American Taxpayer,” and said that the EU will “pay a very big price” for its actions.
It came just a day after the Trump administration separately imposed a sweeping round of tariffs on more than 80 countries, including those in the EU.
Trump threatens EU with ‘substantial’ tariffs over fines of US tech giants
After Google fined €890m by EU, US president said Europe was ‘robbing’ American companies and taxpayerswww.theguardian.com
I don't mind this. Drive Europe closer to us.
