DONALD Trump yesterday threatened to slap tariffs on countries that refuse to scrap taxes targeting US tech giants.

The US President lashed out at levies, including the UK’s 2 per cent Digital Services Tax (DST), accusing them of unfairly favouring Chinese firms.

On his Truth Social platform, he fumed: “Digital taxes, legislation, rules or regulations are all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American technology.”

Vowing to protect US firms, Mr Trump declared: “As the president of the United States , I will stand up to countries that attack our incredible American tech companies.

“I will impose substantial additional tariffs on that country’s exports to the USA, and institute export restrictions on our highly protected technology and chips.”

Downing Street moved to defus

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