US trade war: EU prepares to retaliate with Big Tech in its sights

Meta, Google, Amazon: Should Europe ask US tech companies to pay? Trump's customs hammer is fueling the discussion about a digital tax. What is in favour of it - and what is against it.

US trade war: EU prepares to retaliate with Big Tech in its sights

France says a response from the EU to Trump's new 20 percent tariff will "probably" come at the end of the month. A government spokesperson told French media RTL that services will be targeted, not just goods, including digital products from Big Tech companies like Google and Apple.

For entrepreneur Quentin Adam, president of the Open Internet Project, Donald Trump's tax coup must push Europe to exist, at last, in terms of technology.

France Eyes US Big Tech in EU Retaliation to Trump’s Tariffs

France is pushing for the European Union to hit US tech companies in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, in a move that would broaden the trade war to the vast services sector.

The top US tech giants openly bet on Donald Trump from the very first day of his inauguration, hoping that the strategy of imposing US tariffs would succeed...More...

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