Trump warns digital taxes could trigger tariffs and export limits

President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that countries imposing digital taxes on U.S. technology companies will face "substantial additional tariffs" on their exports to the United States and possible export restrictions on advanced chips and other technologies unless those measures are withdrawn. The president made the threat in a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, escalating a longstanding dispute over how multinational tech firms are taxed.

"In my post, Trump said digital taxes, digital services legislation, and digital markets regulations are all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American technology," according to his message. He added that such rules "outrageously give a complete pass to China's largest tech companies" and vowed to "stand up to countries that attack our incredible American tech companies," warning that failure to roll back the measures would trigger tariffs and limits on U.S. technology exports.

The administration has already taken steps aimed at limiting technology flows to rivals, including broad export controls on advanced semiconductors, and this new warning builds on recent tariff actions announced earlier this month against a range...