{"id":2478777,"date":"2025-08-25T22:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T02:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-threatens-additional-tariffs-on-countries-imposing-digital-taxes-on-us-tech-companies\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T22:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T02:53:52","slug":"trump-threatens-additional-tariffs-on-countries-imposing-digital-taxes-on-us-tech-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-threatens-additional-tariffs-on-countries-imposing-digital-taxes-on-us-tech-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens additional tariffs on countries imposing digital taxes on US tech companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-threatens-additional-tariffs-on-countries-imposing-digital-taxes-on-us-tech-companies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2478777&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that former President Donald Trump has threatened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-holds-1-million-stake-in-equity-fund-linked-to-uyghur-labor-abuse\/\" title=\"John Kerry Holds  Million Stake in Equity Fund Linked To Uyghur Labor Abuse\">impose additional tariffs<\/a> on countries that enact digital taxes or similar regulations targeting U.S. technology companies.In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump criticized these digital taxes and regulations, especially those from the European Union, arguing that thay unfairly harm American tech firms while giving China an advantage. He warned that unless such measures are removed, the U.S. will respond with substantial tariffs on imports from those countries and export restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-end-us-reliance-on-chinese-minerals\/\" title=\"Senators Introduce Bipartisan ... To End US Reliance On Chinese Minerals\">high-tech products<\/a>. The article also mentions a study highlighting the important financial burden EU digital regulations impose on U.S. companies,costing them tens of billions annually. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump threatens additional tariffs on countries imposing digital taxes on US tech companies<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2164481\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> threatened to impose additional tariffs on countries that impose digital taxes or similar regulations on United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tech<\/a> companies.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115092243259973570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> on Truth Social, Trump denounced digital taxes, digital services legislation, and digital markets regulations against U.S. tech companies. He argued that such moves were designed to harm U.S. tech companies while giving a pass to China.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3781980\/jb-pritzker-trump-do-not-come-chicago-national-guard\/\">Pritzker tells Trump &#8216;do not come&#8217; to Chicago, claims &#8216;continuing slip&#8217; in president&#8217;s cognition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3781295\/wes-moore-trump-response-greatest-president\/\">Wes Moore&#8217;s one-word response to Trump claiming he called him &#8216;greatest president&#8217; of his life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3781400\/trump-us-accept-600000-students-china-trade-deal\/\">Trump says US will accept 600,000 Chinese students as part of trade deal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;This must end, and end NOW! With this TRUTH, I put all Countries with Digital Taxes, Legislation, Rules, or Regulations, on notice that unless these discriminatory actions are removed, I, as President of the United States, will impose substantial additional Tariffs on that Country&rsquo;s Exports to the U.S.A., and institute Export restrictions on our Highly Protected Technology and Chips,&rdquo; Trump wrote. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;America, and American Technology Companies, are neither the &lsquo;piggy bank&rsquo; nor the &lsquo;doormat&rsquo; of the World any longer. Show respect to America and our amazing Tech Companies, or consider the consequences!&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s ire over tech regulations has mainly focused on the European Union, which has clashed with U.S. tech companies over content moderation, competitiveness, and other issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3482790\/eu-regulations-heavy-costs-us-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EU REGULATIONS IMPOSE HEAVY COSTS ON US COMPANIES, STUDY FINDS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3482790\/eu-regulations-heavy-costs-us-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> published last month by the Computer and Communications Industry Association Research Center found that EU tech regulations, including digital taxes, cost U.S. companies between $38.9 billion and $97.6 billion annually.<\/p>\n<p>The EU has several <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >laws regulating digital online service providers<\/a>, the two most prominent being the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act. These regulations became a major sticking point during Trump&rsquo;s trade negotiations with the EU.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump warns of tariffs on nations taxing US tech firms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2478778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/donald-trump-suit-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[61985,38812,50406,3634,61986],"class_list":["post-2478777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-digital-taxes","tag-international-trade","tag-tariffs-2","tag-trump","tag-us-tech-companies"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/donald-trump-suit-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2478777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2478781,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478777\/revisions\/2478781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2478778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2478777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2478777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2478777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}