The latest clash between Washington and Brussels intensified after the European Commission imposed an €890 million penalty on Google for violating the bloc’s Big Tech regulations. US President Donald Trump condemned the move as unfair to American companies and said the administration would initiate a Section 301 investigation, raising the prospect of fresh trade tensions between the US and the European Union.
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US President Donald Trump on Friday blasted the European Union over what he called its illegal decision to fine Alphabet’s Google, saying Washington would launch a probe into the bloc’s “robbing” of American companies. The European Commission on Thursday fined Google a total of €890 million ($1 billion) for flouting EU rules aimed at reining in the power of Big Tech.
“We will immediately initiate a 301 Investigation into the practice of “ROBBING” American Companies,”
Trump said in a social media post, referring to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
“The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct,” he wrote.
