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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Sweney and agencies

Trump says he will ‘probably put a big tariff on the UK’ if it doesn’t drop digital services tax

President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump said the UK digital services tax targeted ‘top companies in the world’. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Donald Trump has threatened to impose “a big tariff” on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on US technology companies.

The digital services tax, introduced in 2020, imposes a 2% levy on the revenues of several big US tech giants.

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