Brussels open to taxing Big Tech if Trump talks fail, von der Leyen says
- The EU is prepared to deploy its most powerful trade measures and may impose levies on US digital companies if negotiations with Donald Trump fail to end his tariff war against Europe.
- European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told the Financial Times that the EU would seek a “completely balanced” agreement with Washington during Trump’s 90-day pause in applying additional tariffs.
- Kylian Mbappé has instructed lawyers to unleash a wave of legal action to recover €55mn the French football star claims he is owed in unpaid wages and bonuses by his former club Paris Saint-Germain.