Trump Threatens New Tariffs on UK Over Digital Services Tax

President Trump threatened to impose new tariffs on the United Kingdom in response to the UK's digital services tax, which US officials argue unfairly targets American technology companies. The threat broadens the ongoing global trade confrontation to a key ally at a particularly fraught moment — the UK–US relationship is already under strain from the wider tariff war and US-Iran conflict fallout. The digital services tax has been a persistent irritant in transatlantic trade relations; the Trump administration's public ultimatum escalates pressure on London to offer concessions or risk new economic penalties.