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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gaya Gupta in Washington

Trump threatens EU with ‘substantial’ tariffs over fines of US tech giants

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Donald Trump has lately imposed dozens of new tariffs on countries throughout the world. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

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!”

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