FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The European Union is facing renewed tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump after the bloc fined major American technology companies, reigniting tensions over digital regulation and putting last year’s U.S.-EU trade agreement at risk. Trump announced an investigation into EU practices toward U.S. tech firms following the EU’s nearly $1 billion fine against Google for alleged antitrust violations, accusing Brussels of unfairly targeting American companies. Trump said the U.S. would impose a “substantial” tariff on the EU if the bloc did not reverse what he called “illegal and highly unethical” actions. RelatedNews US President notes progress in talks with Iran but tensions remain Renewed agreement grants Panamanian ships advantages at Chinese ports var jnews_module_21378954_0_6a68889827066 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21378954","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"36,2740,2470,131","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable