Trump threatens tariffs on countries that ‘discriminate’ against US tech

Levies and restrictions could hit UK’s digital services tax and EU states such as France, Italy and Spain

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Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs and export restrictions on countries whose taxes, legislation and regulations target US big tech companies such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple.

In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, the US president said: “Digital taxes, legislation, rules or regulations are all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American technology.”