Trump says any European country that tries to tax Microsoft, Adobe, Meta, Amazon or Google will be punished immediately
http://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/business/economy/trump-tariffs-europe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tFA.NWkW.Fepgd6TDWoyM
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christianhawkins@feddit.org · 111 pts · 49d
Why don’t we finally revoke Intellectual property protections we granted under DCMA and TTIP. If Trump does not feel bound by these agreements neither should we.
Capable_Coping@piefed.social · 56 pts · 48d
Doing away with intellectual property in its entirety would be such a good retaliation to this techno fascist bullshit
Zacryon@feddit.org · 20 pts · 48d
Doing awey with IP in general would be a good idea as long as we move past this kind of capitalistic society we live in. Let's share our ideas with everyone and advance.
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org · 87 pts · 48d
Will he declare war and then negotiate a 300 billion peace deal with Europe?
ik5pvx@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 48d
Make it for each member country and we have a deal
HaiZhung@feddit.org · 65 pts · 48d
That’s a very good indicator that taxing them is a good idea.
GandalftheBlack@feddit.org · 44 pts · 48d
What's he going to do? America is running out of feet to be shot in.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 14 pts · 48d
He can shoot himself in the dick instead, that'd be a fair substitute for me.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 48d
Cut him some slack, he's been trying but even the top army snipers would have trouble with that shot.
Redditquaza@feddit.org · 1 pts · 48d
auzy1@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 49d
Let him
spaceracoon@lemmy.zip · 37 pts · 48d
Punished... How? It worked very well on other instances right? 🤣
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 25 pts · 48d
He's going to make his subjects pay more for things they can't buy in their own country. That'll show us.
pulsey@feddit.org · 15 pts · 48d
maybe by giving us $300B? That punishment worked wonders on Iran /s
kablez@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 48d
Through persistent psychological torture of a kind not seen since the 20th century.
They'll be given free access to CoPilot and Teams.
alexquiniou@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 48d
Yeah, cool. Now go fuck yourself.
D1re_W0lf@piefed.social · 20 pts · 48d
So, just Trump being Trump. 🤷♂️
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 48d
What did he do to Spain when they refused to let the US use their bases for attacking Iran? Oh, nothing? Fucking TACO.
All profit needs to be taxed.
The larger the profit, the larger the tax. Thats the ONLY way we can all continue to coexist peacefully in a society.
littletoolshed@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 48d
Aren’t all of those corporations already operating and being taxed in Europe?
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org · 21 pts · 48d
As far as I know there is some tax loophole, that's why the tech giants are all registered in Ireland for their EU headquarters.
Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 48d
Sell MacBook for €2000 in France, pay royalties to apple Ireland of €2000. Apple France has no profit, apple Ireland has little tax.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 48d
There's no need for an Apple France in this scheme.
Apple isn't selling physical goods in most European countries, Apple partners are. The Ireland entity is there for the digital services revenue mostly
kieron115@startrek.website · 5 pts · 48d
It’s called the Double Irish, sometimes with a Dutch Sandwich.
https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/09/12/the-double-irish-dutch-sandwich-end-of-a-tax-evasion-strategy/
Randelung@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 48d
Time to turn off Amazon, then. It's a scourge, anyway.
Damage@feddit.it · 4 pts · 48d
Nationalize it. No wait, the EU isn't a nation... Unionize it! No wait that's a different thing....
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 48d
"A corrupt shitgoblin says..."
Who gives a fuck what that fat diarrhea covered bag of syphilis says. FUCK OFF AND DIE, PAEDO
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 3 pts · 48d
He will change his mind 3 times before Friday.
lassegismo@lassegismo-social.dnsuser.info · 2 pts · 48d
chmod755@feddit.org · 2 pts · 45d
I have a better idea: the EU should introduce a "Big Tech convenience fee", so it's not a country and not taxing.