Trump vs. EU Tech Fines

Trump escalates tensions with the EU over penalties on U.S. tech companies.

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Trump Orders Investigation Into EU Treatment of American Tech Companies

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

Trump vows to investigate EU over fining of US tech companies

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. will immediately open a Section 301 investigation into European Union trade practices after EU regulators fined Google €890 million, about $1 billion, in an antitrust case involving Google Play and search. Trump accused the EU of targeting U.S. technology companies and threatened “substantial” new tariffs on the 27-member bloc. He cited prior EU penalties against Apple, Meta and Amazon and said billions of dollars in fines on American companies should be reversed.

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