Trump threatens EU with tariff probe over Google, tech fines
- US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to launch a tariff investigation against the EU in response to the bloc's anti-competition fines and other penalties levied against US tech giants like Google, Apple, Amazon and Meta.
- In particular, he cited Thursday's latest fine of €890 million (roughly $1 billion) issued against Google for allegedly giving unfair preference to its own search engine and its Play app.
- Trump's threats come just a few hours after his administration imposed its latest tariffs on the EU, and many other countries, for supposedly not doing enough to prevent imports mad
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- US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to launch a tariff investigation against the EU in response to the bloc's anti-competition fines and other penalties levied against US tech giants like Google, Apple, Amazon and Meta.
- In particular, he cited Thursday's latest fine of €890 million (roughly $1 billion) issued against Google for allegedly giving unfair preference to its own search engine and its Play app.
- Trump's threats come just a few hours after his administration imposed its latest tariffs on the EU, and many other countries, for supposedly not doing enough to prevent imports mad
Sources: DW