Overview

• In a Truth Social post, the president warned of “substantial” additional tariffs and new limits on exports of U.S. technology and high‑end chips to countries that keep digital measures he deems discriminatory.
• He did not name specific targets, though the warning was widely read as directed at EU digital laws and national digital services taxes in countries such as France, Italy, Spain and the U.K.
• European Commission spokespeople Thomas Regnier and Paula Pinho said the bloc has a sovereign right to regulate economic activity in its territory and rejected accusations of bias against U.S. firms.
• EU officials emphasized that the Digital Services Act is origin‑neutral and pointed to recent enforcement actions involving AliExpress, Temu and TikTok.
• The exchange follows a recent U.S.–EU pledge to address “unjustified digital trade barriers,” and no new tariffs or export controls have been announced at this stage.