Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Any Country That Imposes a Digital Services Tax on US Companies

President Trump threatened on June 26 to impose a 100% tariff on any country levying a digital services tax on US companies, directly targeting EU members, the UK, and others whose DSTs fall most heavily on American AI and tech platforms. The threat escalates trade pressure on Europe at a moment of rapidly growing US AI-services revenue in DST-affected markets, with Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft among the primary targets. France, Italy, Austria, and the UK have enacted DSTs; Trump's warning is designed to deter the broader EU from advancing its own digital-levy plans, which would affect AI platform and cloud revenue at scale.