The United States (US) President Donald Trump, on Friday, threatened a 100% tariff on countries in Europe that impose a digital services tax on American companies.
The development comes only a day after European Union (EU) countries met Trump’s deadline to reduce tariffs on US goods.
In a social media post, the US President shared, “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 also confirmed that this new tariff would replace any trade deals whether they are implemented, signed or not, between Europe and the United States.
Earlier, the US President threatened to reimpose a 25% tariff on imports from Europe.
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has previously said that his country would not bow down to pressure from Trump to remove the digital tax on US tech companies.
American journalist says Trump has closer ties with Field Marshal Asim Munir now
Recently, veteran American journalist and foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria said that US President Donald Trump’s interest in Prime Minister Narendra Modi has waned, and that the president currently appears to have stronger relations with Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.
Fareed Zakaria said that US President Donald Trump no longer appears to be as interested in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he once was, and that the focus of his attention has now shifted to Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.
He added that President Trump is very relationship-oriented and that he currently has a close relationship with Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.
