Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital tax

United States President, Donald Trump has threatened to place a 100% import tariff on any European country that imposes a tax on digital services from US companies.

Trump issued the threat in a post on his Truth Social on Friday.

According to him, ‘numerous European countries’ had been discussing putting a digital services tax on American companies.

“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,” Trump wrote.

The US President further stated that the tariff would be immediately imposed and supersede any other prior trade deals that existed with the country.