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title: "Trump threatens tariffs, says EU will 'pay a big price' over fines on US tech giants"
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# Trump threatens tariffs, says EU will 'pay a big price' over fines on US tech giants

President Donald Trump said on Friday that his administration will launch a Section 301 investigation into the European Union (EU) over what he called unfair penalties on U.S. technology companies. In a post on Truth Social, Trump accused the EU of targeting major American firms with heavy fines, claiming Apple (AAPL) has been fined $15B, Meta Plat...

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