President Donald Trump speaks at a Rose Garden Club dinner with farmers, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/small><\/p>\n
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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 100% tax on imports from any country that imposes a tax on digital services from United States companies.<\/p>\n
In a post on social media, Trump took aim at European countries that he said are discussing \u201cimminent\u201d implementation of taxes on American companies.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease let this statement serve to represent that any Country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n
He added that the new tax would supersede any previously negotiated trade deals. Trump said the penalty would apply to any country that moves forward with such a tax, but he singled out European nations in his post.<\/p>\n
Trump has repeatedly pushed against foreign efforts to tax or regulate American tech giants. Last year he threatened new tariffs on any country that moved to do so. A post from last August said that digital taxes and regulation \u201care all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American Technology.\u201d<\/p>\n
The threat comes ahead of Trump\u2019s July 4 deadline<\/a><\/span> for the European Union and United States to approve a tariff deal that caps tariffs on most EU exports at 15%.<\/p>\n The European Union in May finalized a trade deal with the United States that caps most tariffs on EU exports at 15%. The deal followed months of debate within the EU after European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen tentatively struck the deal while visiting Trump\u2019s golf course in Scotland.<\/p>\n Digital taxes were not part of the agreement and have remained a sticking point between the U.S. and the European bloc.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"COLLIN](\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/7d54d12\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2939x2939+0+49\/resize\/100x100!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fa8%2F08%2F243c59b94215ad3a5f63aaf9014e%2Fcollinbinkley14-collin-binkley.png\")
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