Donald Trump stated Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner known as him to debate the billions of {dollars} that Apple has been fined within the European Union. Trump made the assertion throughout his look on the PBD Podcast — and stated that he gained’t let the EU “take benefit” of US firms like Apple if reelected.
“Two hours in the past, three hours in the past, he [Cook] known as me,” Trump stated. “He stated the European Union has simply fined us $15 billion… Then on high of that, they received fined by the European Union one other $2 billion.” In March, the EU fined Apple round $2 billion after discovering that Apple used its dominance to limit music streaming apps from telling clients about cheaper subscription offers outdoors the App Retailer. The EU later gained its battle to make Apple pay $14.4 billion in unpaid taxes.
“He [Cook] stated one thing that was fascinating,” Trump stated. “He stated they’re utilizing that to run their enterprise, that means Europe is their enterprise. “I stated, ‘That’s so much… However Tim, I received to get elected first, however I’m not going to allow them to make the most of our firms — that gained’t, you realize, be taking place.’”
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