Trump threatens trade probe after 'discriminatory' EU fines against Google, Apple
2025-09-06 09:57:28 source：CNBC
September 5, 2025
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to launch a trade investigation to "nullify" what he said were discriminatory fines being levied by Europe against U.S. tech firms such as Google and Apple.
"We cannot let this happen to brilliant and unprecedented American Ingenuity and, if it does, I will be forced to start a Section 301 proceeding to nullify the unfair penalties being charged to these Taxpaying American Companies," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He issued the threat hours after Google caught a nearly $3.5 billion penalty from the European Union in a major antitrust case centered on the search giant's advertising technology business.
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