Macron wants EU to target US Big Tech after new tariff threat
August 28, 2025 4:50 am CET
By Clea Caulcutt and Camille Gijs
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has told his ministers that the European Union should consider retaliatory measures against the U.S. digital sector after President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs over tech regulation and taxes, according to a senior French government official.
At his weekly Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the French president said Europe “should not exclude taking a look at the digital sector” following Trump’s broadside on Monday, according to the official, who was granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive topic.
“The European Union has a big trade deficit with the United States, we need to focus on this,” Macron was quoted as saying, referring to the EU’s negative trade balance in services with the United States. The bloc has a trade surplus in goods, such as automobiles, pharmaceuticals and food that Trump wants to get down ...
https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-floats-coming-after-us-big-tech-response-donald-trump-threats-tariffs/