President Donald Trump’s administration is weighing whether to impose visa bans on European Union and member-state officials involved in enforcing the bloc’s Digital Services Act, according to two people familiar with internal deliberations. The State Department has not made a final decision, but the step would mark an unusual use of U.S. sanctions against foreign regulators and reflects Washington’s view that the EU law censors Americans and imposes undue costs on U.S. technology firms. In a separate message posted late Monday, Trump warned he would levy “substantial” new tariffs on every country that maintains digital services taxes or similar measures targeting American tech companies. He said the United States would also consider blocking exports of advanced semiconductors and other protected technologies to those jurisdictions, without specifying a timetable or listing the nations that could be hit. The twin threats underscore a sharp escalation in U.S. pushback against foreign digital regulations and tax policies. Brussels maintains that the Digital Services Act focuses on illegal content and does not discriminate against U.S. firms, while several EU members and other nations continue to apply or plan digital services levies. Any move by Washington to sanction individual officials or impose new trade barriers risks further straining already tense trans-Atlantic economic relations.
BREAKING: Trump threatens more tariffs for countries with digital taxes “Sources said earlier that the Trump administration was considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing the bloc's landmark Digital Services Act.” https://t.co/FCpYNjSsEo
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