Trump Threatens Tariffs for Nations With Digital Taxes on US Tech

The president said other countries’ digital taxes and regulations were ‘all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American Technology.’
Trump Threatens Tariffs for Nations With Digital Taxes on US Tech
President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs at the White House, on April 2, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump on Aug. 25 threatened to restrict the export of U.S. advanced technologies like chips and impose additional tariffs on countries that refuse to eliminate digital regulations discriminating against U.S. tech companies.

In a Truth Social post, Trump opposed other nation’s digital taxes and regulations imposed on American companies that he said were intended “to harm, or discriminate against, American Technology.”