The U.S. president said he had asked French President Emmanuel Macron “not to charge American companies” after France imposed a 3 percent tax on the revenues earned by technology firms in 2019.
President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte Macron (left) talks with US President-elect Donald Trump (center) as they sit alongside French President Emmanuel Macron (right) inside Notre-Dame Cathedral ahead of a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark cathedral, in central Paris, on December 7, 2024. (AFP/Ludovic Marin)
US President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 100 percent tariff on French wine and champagne unless Paris removes its digital services tax on tech firms, the New York Post reported on Monday.France imposed in 2019 a 3 percent levy on the revenues earned by technology firms, including American giants such as Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google parent Alphabet, within the country's borders.
French President Emmanuel Macron is due to host Trump on Monday before the G7 summit gets underway at the spa resort of Evian on Lake Geneva.
Trump said he asked Macron "not to charge American companies," according to the New York Post.
