President Donald Trump threatened to impose additional tariffs on the European Union after Brussels fined Google €890 million for violating the bloc’s digital competition rules.
Trump said Friday that his administration would launch a Section 301 investigation into what he described as the EU’s practice of unfairly targeting American companies and taxpayers.
The investigation could allow the US to impose tariffs or other trade measures if officials determine that EU policies discriminate against American commerce.
“The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He said he expected the technology penalties to be reversed and warned that a substantial tariff could be imposed on the bloc.
