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Donald Trump has warned that he will slap a 100 per cent tariff on any European countries that implement a digital services tax on American companies.
The levy would supersede any trade deals between the US and those countries “whether implemented, signed, or not”, Trump said on Friday.
The US president said “numerous” European countries have been discussing the “imminent implementation” of a digital services tax on US companies, and that some countries were “close” to putting this into practice.
“Please 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,” he wrote in social media post on Friday.
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