Overview

• Meta confirmed Zuckerberg met the president at the White House last week to discuss domestic infrastructure and American tech leadership abroad.
• People familiar with the meeting said Zuckerberg raised concerns about digital services taxes that several countries apply to large U.S. tech firms.
• Days later, Trump warned of “substantial” tariffs and potential export restrictions on U.S. semiconductors targeting countries that levy such taxes.
• Trump said the measures respond to rules he views as discriminatory toward American technology and overly lenient toward China’s biggest tech companies.
• At a Cabinet meeting, Trump showcased a Meta graphic of a proposed Louisiana data center and said he was told the project could cost $50 billion.