{"id":403190,"date":"2025-09-06T17:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403190\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T17:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:31:13","slug":"trump-threatens-trade-retaliation-after-eu-hits-google-with-e3b-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403190\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threatens Trade Retaliation After EU Hits Google With \u20ac3B Fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"textStrong\">The European Union has reignited its long fight with U.S. tech giants, handing Google a massive \u20ac3 billion penalty for allegedly abusing its dominance in digital advertising.<\/p>\n<p>The move, one of the largest fines Brussels has ever imposed on a single company, has drawn sharp criticism from President Donald Trump \u2013 who hinted that Washington may answer with tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Europe pushes back on adtech dominance<\/p>\n<p>European regulators <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-09-05\/google-fined-almost-3-billion-by-eu-for-abusing-adtech-power?srnd=homepage-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">accuse<\/a><\/strong> Google of tilting the digital ad market by steering clients toward its own exchange, a tactic they say undermines competition. The fine adds to earlier rulings on Android licensing and shopping practices, bringing Google\u2019s total European liabilities to nearly \u20ac10 billion.<\/p>\n<p>While industry groups such as the European Publishers Council welcomed the decision, they argued that financial penalties alone are unlikely to loosen Google\u2019s control. The company, meanwhile, promised to appeal, insisting that changes demanded by Brussels would harm European businesses that rely on its ad tools.<\/p>\n<p>Trump signals Section 301 action<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, Trump blasted the ruling as \u201cvery unfair\u201d and warned that a Section 301 trade probe \u2013 the same mechanism previously used against Brazil \u2013 could follow. He revealed that the issue was discussed the night before at a White House dinner with Alphabet\u2019s Sundar Pichai, Apple\u2019s Tim Cook, and Meta\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg. According to Trump, the executives voiced concern that Europe \u2013 not China \u2013 now posed the bigger threat to their global business.<\/p>\n<p>Digital rules become a flashpoint<\/p>\n<p>The clash underscores how digital regulation has become a new fault line in transatlantic trade. U.S. officials argue that Europe is unfairly targeting American firms, while European leaders maintain that unchecked platform dominance distorts markets and crushes smaller rivals.<\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/author\/kosta-gushterov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_2025-05-27-11.28.52-150x150.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kosta has been working in the crypto industry for over 4 years. He strives to present different perspectives on a given topic and enjoys the sector for its transparency and dynamism. In his work, he focuses on balanced coverage of events and developments in the crypto space, providing information to his readers from a neutral perspective.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/cryptodnesen\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"215\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" style=\"max-width: 700px; width: 100%;\" alt=\"Telegram\" class=\"zoomify\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/telegram-en.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Union has reignited its long fight with U.S. tech giants, handing Google a massive \u20ac3 billion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187],"class_list":{"0":"post-403190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115158547394469386","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}