US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on American social media firms.The digital services tax, introduced in 2020, imposes a 2% levy on the revenues of several major US tech companies.Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Thursday, Mr Trump said: "We've been looking at it and we can meet that very easily by just putting a big tariff on the UK, so they better be careful.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on American social media firms.The digital services tax, introduced in 2020, imposes a 2% levy on the revenues of several major US tech companies.Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Thursday, Mr Trump said: "We've been looking at it and we can meet that very easily by just putting a big tariff on the UK, so they better be careful.