US President Donald Trump during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.
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President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to launch a trade investigation to “nullify” what he said were discriminatory penalties levied by Europe against U.S. tech firms such as Google.
“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.
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