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Trump Opens Section 301 Probe of EU Over €890M Google Fine
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Trump opened a Section 301 trade investigation into the EU one day after Brussels fined Google €890 million under the Digital Markets Act, threatening substantial tariffs on European goods in retaliation for what the US calls discriminatory enforcement.
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If you build software for Europe, DMA fines are now a negotiable cost, not a legal consequence—but only if Washington decides to lean in. Watch whether other US tech firms in scope of the DMA start signalling to Brussels that they'll lobby the White House to retaliate if enforcement stays strict.
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