Trump Threatens 100 Percent Tariffs on Countries Imposing Digital Services Tax on US Tech Firms
US President Donald Trump threatened a 100 per cent tariff on all goods imported from any country that imposes a digital services tax (DST) targeting American technology companies. He stated this tariff would override existing or future trade agreements, singling out several European nations considering such taxes. The warning escalates ongoing trade tensions, although India is unlikely to be affected due to its planned DST removals. European countries maintain DSTs to tax multinational digital firms where they earn revenue, while the US opposes these measures as discriminatory against its tech firms.