Zuckerberg Pressed Trump on Digital Taxes Before Tariff Vow (1)

Aug. 28, 2025, 7:13 PM UTC

President Donald Trump threatened to inflict “substantial” tariffs on countries that impose digital taxes just days after Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg raised concerns about the levies during a White House meeting.

The Facebook co-founder visited Trump late last week, according to people familiar with the private meeting, who asked not to be named as the details aren’t public. During the meeting, one of the people said, Trump and Zuckerberg discussed the threat of digital service taxes, which are imposed on the revenue that tech companies get from users in a particular country. Meta generates the vast ...

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