“Europe has ‘attacked’ another great American company, Google,” protested Donald Trump in his real social network on Friday, September 5, threatening to retaliate with commercial sanctions.
The European Commission announced Friday to inflict a fine of 2.95 billion euros on Google, saying that the American giant had abused its dominant position in the online advertising sector.
The US president provides in the same message as if the European Union does not return to the “unfair” fines inflicted on Google, but also Apple, would be “forced” to trigger the tasks of punitive customs, the “section 301”.
The 79-year-old Republican took the cause of the heavyweights of American technology, who have recovered greatly since his return to power, breaking with coldness manifested during Trump’s first mandate (2017-2021).
The leaders of Google, Sussale Pichai and Apple, Tim Cook, also participated on Thursday night at a dinner at the White House that bring together the big names of the sector around Donald Trump, which they covered with praise.
“Discriminatory” practices
The US president had already recently soft this threat of commercial reprisals due to European practices, according to him “discriminatory” for US technology companies.
Beyond the fines, the White House criticizes the Legislative Arsenal established by the EU to promote competition in the digital sector and regulate the content.
The subject is likely to poison the relations between Washington and Brussels, which have experienced a pause from the announcement at the end of July of a great commercial agreement between the United States and the European Union.
Source: BFM TV
