Trump threatens 100% import tariff on UK over digital service tax

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 100 percent import duty against any country that imposes a digital services tax, including the UK.

Mr. Trump made a similar threat in April, stating that significant tariffs could be imposed if the country did not reverse its digital services tax on American technology companies.

The tax, introduced in 2020, imposes a 2 percent fee on the revenues of major U.S. companies such as Apple, Alphabet’s Google and Meta.

The measure drew criticism from both Mr. Trump and his successor, Joe Biden.

Speaking in April, Mr Trump said: “We’re looking into this and we could cover that very easily by putting a huge tariff on the UK, so they’d better be careful.”

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