Trump threatens UK with tariffs over digital tax

Donald Trump has warned he will impose sweeping tariffs on the UK unless it scraps its 2% digital services tax on US tech giants, accusing Britain of trying to "make an easy buck" off American companies. The threat lands weeks after Trump signalled the existing UK-US trade framework could be renegotiated, raising fresh uncertainty over a deal both sides had been quietly pursuing.

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