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President Donald Trump is n’t happy with how European Union regulators have treated U.S.-based tech companies , including Google , Meta , and Apple .
Onstage at the World Economic Forum in Davos , Trump put EU regulators on blast . He said that the EU ’s cases against these U.S. tech companies are “ a configuration of revenue , ” fit in toBloomberg reporting .
Trump specifically pointed out a court fount that Applelost last yearregarding a € 13 billion tax posting in Ireland . In 2024 , the EU ’s Court of Justice in Luxembourg found that Apple had benefit from illegal tax breaks in Ireland between 1999 and 2014 and was forced to pay back taxes .
Bloomberg predicted that this is just the starting line of a fiery back - and - Forth River between the Trump establishment and the EU that could traverse the totality of his second condition .
Google , Meta , and Apple are all presently being investigated for potential intrusion of the EU’sDigital Markets Act .
