The
Guardian - Donald 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”.
“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. He
added that the tariff would be immediately imposed and supersede any other
prior trade deals that existed with the country.
The threat could set off another saga in Trump’s global
trade war, in which he has placed drastic tariffs on countries and economic
blocs at once. If Trump followed through on his warning, it could set off a
larger trade war between the US and EU if the 27-country economic bloc felt
compelled to retaliate to the tariff hike.
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