Trump warns EU over $3.5-bn fine on Google
Washington, Sept. 7 -- US President Donald Trump lashed out at the European Union (EU) for slapping Google with a nearly $3.5 billion "unfair" antitrust fine, threatening retaliatory tariffs if the bloc does not repeal the measure.
Trump made his warning in a social media post after the EU announced it was fining Google $3.47 billion as it ordered the search giant to stop favouring its own advertising technology services.
"Europe today "hit" another great American company, Google, with a $3.5 billion fine, effectively taking money that would otherwise go to American investments and jobs," he said.
He added: "We cannot let this happen to brilliant and unprecedented American Ingenuity and, if it does, I will be forced to start a Section 301 p...
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