The European Union on Thursday slapped Google with fines worth €890 million (US$1 billion) in a move that risks escalating tensions with the United States.
The fines come just days before the first anniversary of a tariff deal struck between Washington and Brussels that eased trade frictions.
Trump just applied tariffs on everyone due to forced labour issues, let’s meet fire with fire. The current US administration feels it’s their right to inflict economic pain on their allies without any repercussions on themselves.
adorientem88 on
Google should just completely withdraw from the EU rather than pay these fines.
Tribolonutus on
And who’s to blame, eh?
Remarkable-Role3230 on
Trump respects force and strength. Stand tall EU and he will eventually back down. Capitulate and he’ll eat your lunch money.
Exact_Package_7264 on
Trump is stupid but nobody besides him actually gives a shit about this here. A billion isn’t much for Google anyways.
zhnki on
EU trying to find out how much they can fine big tech companies before they withdraw completely. Cracks are starting to show with companies starting to withhold features from the EU. Taken to an extreme, it looks a bit like extortion.
TallCommission7139 on
American here: Oligarchs only care if you hit them right in the capital, do it.
WeeklyPhilosopher346 on
Oh no, will their idiot pedophile be upset?
bandwagonguy83 on
Whatever USA does, it was going to be done anyways.
Gorgorotroth on
isn’t there any other publication that wrote about this besides this chinese propaganda outlet?
SequenceofRees on
A great start ! Make the corpos pay .
Sadly their bottom line won’t be affected and they’re gonna use this chance to fire a lot of innocent people
Routine_Bake5794 on
US should expect even more fines if they weaponize oil price.
sfbiker999 on
There is no escaping USA fury no matter what they do, so they may as well do what they want. Appeasing a bully doesn’t work because he’ll always find another excuse to bully you.
Jet2work on
free market..something..something
KarlHp7 on
As an American I say do it, do more of it, my country won’t hold anyone in power accountable
IronicStrikes on
They’re furious every day no matter what we do, so might as well.
Own-Professor-6157 on
Interesting fact: Europe makes more through fining US companies than their entire tech industry.
MultipolarityEnjoyer on
Based. Google is garbage, especially for privacy rights among a multitude of things.
Suspicious_Place1270 on
USA has nothing to say here, it’s a private company willingly doing wrongful stuff
if they want deregulation, then they should shut up and s*ck it
IngloriousMustards on
EU risks trump tariffs just by breathing, so might as well get some Ukraine funds out of it while we’re at it. TACO trump (and putin also) will cave in in front of strength and force.
Anyway, that Big Mac cholesterol has failed everyones expectations, so time to add some (bløød) pressure.
Apocalyptic-turnip on
lol the US is already giving us their fury who gives a fuck. pay up
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The European Union on Thursday slapped Google with fines worth €890 million (US$1 billion) in a move that risks escalating tensions with the United States.
The fines come just days before the first anniversary of a tariff deal struck between Washington and Brussels that eased trade frictions.
Read more:https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3361612/eu-fines-google-us1-billion-risking-us-fury?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social
Good. Let Trump have a hissy fit.
Trump just applied tariffs on everyone due to forced labour issues, let’s meet fire with fire. The current US administration feels it’s their right to inflict economic pain on their allies without any repercussions on themselves.
Google should just completely withdraw from the EU rather than pay these fines.
And who’s to blame, eh?
Trump respects force and strength. Stand tall EU and he will eventually back down. Capitulate and he’ll eat your lunch money.
Trump is stupid but nobody besides him actually gives a shit about this here. A billion isn’t much for Google anyways.
EU trying to find out how much they can fine big tech companies before they withdraw completely. Cracks are starting to show with companies starting to withhold features from the EU. Taken to an extreme, it looks a bit like extortion.
American here: Oligarchs only care if you hit them right in the capital, do it.
Oh no, will their idiot pedophile be upset?
Whatever USA does, it was going to be done anyways.
isn’t there any other publication that wrote about this besides this chinese propaganda outlet?
A great start ! Make the corpos pay .
Sadly their bottom line won’t be affected and they’re gonna use this chance to fire a lot of innocent people
US should expect even more fines if they weaponize oil price.
There is no escaping USA fury no matter what they do, so they may as well do what they want. Appeasing a bully doesn’t work because he’ll always find another excuse to bully you.
free market..something..something
As an American I say do it, do more of it, my country won’t hold anyone in power accountable
They’re furious every day no matter what we do, so might as well.
Interesting fact: Europe makes more through fining US companies than their entire tech industry.
Based. Google is garbage, especially for privacy rights among a multitude of things.
USA has nothing to say here, it’s a private company willingly doing wrongful stuff
if they want deregulation, then they should shut up and s*ck it
EU risks trump tariffs just by breathing, so might as well get some Ukraine funds out of it while we’re at it. TACO trump (and putin also) will cave in in front of strength and force.
Anyway, that Big Mac cholesterol has failed everyones expectations, so time to add some (bløød) pressure.
lol the US is already giving us their fury who gives a fuck. pay up
fuck US.