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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Ross

Trump’s threat of 100% import tariff on UK ‘not a bluff’, US trade tsar warns

Donald Trump’s threat of a 100 per cent import tariff on the UK over Britain’s digital services tax on American social media firms is “not a bluff”, a US trade representative has said.

Back in June, the US president warned of imposing the tariff on European countries, including the UK which taxes companies, such as Google and Apple, with global digital revenues exceeding £500m.

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