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A White House move to launch a Section 301 trade investigation has put Amazon (AMZN), Apple, Meta, and Google at the center of a transatlantic regulatory standoff.
President Trump, citing what he described as discriminatory treatment of American technology companies by the European Union, said his administration intends to pursue a formal probe.
He also raised the prospect of tariffs on EU goods as a retaliatory measure. The fine count that drew the response The aggregate numbers are what moved this to a front-burner trade policy issue.
Trump pointed to Google's cumulative EU fines, which he placed at more than $18 billion, as evidence the EU's treatment of American companies is discriminatory.
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