Trump eyes retaliation vs digital services taxes

By Reuters

Feb 24, 2025 12:17 am

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday ordered his trade chief to revive investigations aimed at imposing tariffs on imports from countries that levy digital service taxes on US technology companies.

A White House official, providing details of the order, said Trump was directing his administration to consider responsive actions like tariffs 'to combat the digital service taxes (DSTs), fines, practices, and policies that foreign governments levy on American companies.'

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