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Trump threatens to 'put a big tariff on the UK' if it does not drop its digital services tax, which he views as unfairly targeting US tech companies (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)
Connor Stringer / Telegraph: Trump threatens to “put a big tariff on the UK” if it does not drop its digital services tax, which he views as unfairly targeting US tech companies — President tells The
Connor Stringer / Telegraph: Trump threatens to “put a big tariff on the UK” if it does not drop its digital services tax, which he views as unfairly targeting US tech companies — President tells The Telegraph he will retaliate if Britain continues to ‘target’ major American companies such as Apple, Google and Meta
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Source: Techmeme | 2026-04-23