Trump’s threat of 100% import tariff on UK ‘not a bluff’, US trade tsar warns

NewsUKUK PoliticsTrump’s threat of 100% import tariff on UK ‘not a bluff’, US trade tsar warnsDonald Trump issued the threat in June over the UK’s digital tax on American companies - but has so far not followed it upAlex Ross Tuesday 18 August 2026 12:14 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b3034696","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trump-tariff-uk-global-digital-facebook-google-b3034696.html","title":"Trump’s threat of 100% import tariff on UK ‘not a bluff’, US trade tsar warns"}}CloseTrump warns of ‘big tariff’ if UK does not drop digital services taxStay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletterGet the latest political headlines with our free emailGet the latest political headlines with our free emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"pianoFieldName":"receiveTheView","regTitle":"View from Westminster","subscriptionGroup":"view_from_westminster","subscriptionGroupId":"b95d438b-1c8a-4bcc-b662-ba3e12f2afc5","type":"the_view_westminster","pathPrefix":"/news/uk/politics","associatedAuthors":["Kate Devlin","Millie Cooke","Athena Stavrou"],"title":"Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter","mobileTitle":"Get the latest political headlines with our free email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/viewFromWestminster1_1_new.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveViewFromWestminster","regSourceSection":"UK Politics","regSourceNewsletter":"NSC"},"isClimate":false}Do...