US President Donald Trump says he will respond to European Union penalties against Alphabet’s Google with a trade investigation and potential new tariffs on EU products. Multiple outlets report that the latest move follows an EU fine of about €890 million (roughly US$1 billion) levied against Google for breaching the bloc’s digital competition framework, including findings related to how Google ranks its search services and how it steers users. Trump frames the action as retaliation for what he calls fines targeting American tech companies and says the US will open a probe into EU practices. Some reports add that Trump portrays the US penalties as “robbing” American companies and indicates the EU should expect tariffs that could be imposed “at the earliest possible moment,” with the possibility that the penalties could be reversed. Coverage also notes that Trump’s threat comes days after other regulatory disputes involving US technology firms, with outlets citing that he references multiple cases rather than only the most recent Google ruling. The reports describe a potential escalation in transatlantic trade tensions tied to digital market regulation.
Trump threatens new EU tariffs after EU fines Google over antitrust rules
US President Donald Trump says he will respond to European Union penalties against Alphabet’s Google with a trade investigation and potential new tariffs on EU products. Multiple outlets report that t...
- The EU fined Google about €890 million (about US$1 billion) for breaching digital competition/antitrust rules, including search ranking and anti-steering issues.
- Trump says the US will open a trade or tariff investigation into EU practices related to regulatory actions against US tech companies.
- Trump threatens “substantial” new tariffs on EU products, describing penalties as possibly being reversed.
- Trump’s threats are tied to retaliation for EU enforcement actions against Google and other American technology firms.
- The statements are made in the context of broader US–EU trade relations and regulatory clashes.
Trade · United States & Europe Key Facts —The move. President Donald Trump said the US will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices. —The trigger. It came a day after the EU fined Google 890 million euros (about US$1 billion) for breaching digital antitrust rules. —The tool. Trump said the probe […] The post Trump EU Trade Investigation Over $1 Billion Tech Fines appeared first on The Rio Times.
1 month agoPresident Trump threatened a "substantial" new tariff on the European Union after Brussels fined Google more than $1 billion over alleged illegal trade practices. "The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "The penalties will be entirely reversed and, we anticipate, a substantial TARIFF to be placed on them at the earliest possible moment." Politico reports: The president's threat came just a day after U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer warned that the EU's action against Google -- two fines totaling over $1 billion -- could imperil the bloc's relationship with the White House. At risk: the Turnberry deal, which Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signed last fall, that capped U.S. tariffs on EU exports at 15 percent. [...] But the president's social media post could signal a coming breach. "The United States of America is not a 'PIGGYBANK' for Europe, nor will we allow it to be!" Trump wrote. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
1 month agoThe European Commission found Google's search ranking and anti-steering violated the Digital Markets Act.
1 month agoPresident Donald Trump has threatened the European Union with new substantial tariffs. This action follows the EU's imposition of a one billion dollar fine on Google. The EU executive branch stated Google violated the Digital Markets Act rules. This fine was for self-preferencing its own services and steering consumers. The United States views these EU actions as detrimental to American companies.
1 month agoUS President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on products from the European Union in retaliation for the bloc’s US$1 billion (€890 million) fine of Alphabet’s Google. The president in a social media post on Friday said the US would launch a trade investigation “into the practice of ‘ROBBING’ American Companies and, in turn, the American Taxpayer”. “The penalties will be entirely reversed and, we anticipate, a substantial TARIFF to be placed on them at the earliest possible moment,” Trump...
1 month agoTrump said he is planning a trade probe into the EU for "taking direct aim" at American tech companies like Google, paving the way for new tariffs.
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