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Palestinians spend the day on the beach of the Mediterranean Sea in Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A woman crosses a street with a girl in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

People bathe in a water coming from a drilling project which exposed a subterranean hydrothermal spring near Mount Bental in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Omar Ghabin, 14, looks at the camera as he carries a bag of items he collected from the landfill in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A tourist uses a hand fan to cool off during a heat wave as people gather on Areopagus Hill, with the Acropolis in the background, in Athens, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., rushes up the steps at the Capitol for final votes before the House of Representatives leaves for a five-week recess, in Washington, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

People enjoy a golden hour and rainbow as they walk in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, July 23, 2026, backdropped by the St. Basil's Cathedral, center, and the Spasskaya Tower, right. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A man on a bus wipes frost from the window during a rainstorm in Santiago, Chile, early Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

People cast their fishing lines into the Bosphorus Strait at sunrise in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, July 2, 2026.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Children holding heart-shaped balloons on a string head down an alley in the Old City of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Children play near breaking waves on West End Pier on Lake Pontchartrain as Tropical Storm Bertha approaches the Louisiana Coast Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Photo assistants fan out the skirt of quinceañera Franchesca Ovalle's gown during a portrait session in the historic center of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A man eats noodles on Qianmen Street in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Erdem Sahin swims in the Bosphorus Strait, backdropped by the Maiden's tower, during the early morning in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

With a display of handbags, a roadside vendor scrolls on her mobile, awaits for customers in front of a parked vehicle, in Kolkata, India, Saturday, July 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Visitors ride boats on a lake against the Jingshan Pavilion as they visit Beihai Park, one of the oldest and best preserved ancient imperial gardens in Beijing Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices, President Donald Trump said on Friday, claiming the bloc has unfairly levied billions of dollars of fines against Google, Apple and other U.S. tech giants.

The Republican president made the announcement a day after the EU hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros, or $1 billion, after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral consumers toward its own services and apps to the detriment of competitors.

In a lengthy post on social media, Trump said he has warned the EU about its practice of fining U.S. tech companies. He named Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon and others.

“The United States of America is not a ‘PIGGYBANK’ for Europe, nor will we allow it to be!” Trump said, adding that his post should serve as notice of an immediate trade investigation “into the practice of ‘ROBBING’ American Companies and, in turn, the American Taxpayer.”

“The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about,” he said.

In the post, Trump asserted that the penalties against the companies “will be entirely reversed” and predicted “a substantial TARIFF” would be placed on the EU “at the earliest possible moment.”

“Stay tuned!” he said.

Trump's move comes a day after the White House announced double-digit tariffs on imports from more than 60 countries, accusing them of inadequately enforcing bans on goods produced by forced labor. The new tariffs replace temporary 10% worldwide import taxes that Trump imposed after the Supreme Court struck down his biggest tariffs.

The new tariffs are being implemented using Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which permits the president to impose import taxes and other sanctions against countries found to engage in “unjustifiable,” “unreasonable” or “discriminatory” trade practices.

José Castañeda, a spokesperson for Google, said the company has worked hard to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act and has expressed its concerns about the effects of recent decisions by the European Commission.

"We appreciate the engagement by the administration and U.S. government,” he said.

Representatives of Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment. There also was no immediate comment from the Brussels-based European Commission.

The EU's billion-dollar fine against Google was the latest major crackdown on Big Tech by Brussels, which has led the world in reining in some of the world’s largest companies from Silicon Valley to Beijing.

It has done so despite the risk of incurring the wrath of Trump, who has lashed out at the 27-nation bloc’s digital regulations in a broader campaign against Europe: imposing high tariffs, making threats to seize Greenland from Denmark by force, and rattling trust within the NATO military alliance.

Trump had threatened retaliation if American tech companies are penalized.

Google had recently lost its appeal of a $4.5 billion antitrust fine imposed by the EU for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system.

The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch and highest antitrust enforcer, said it was acting in the interest of consumers after an investigation of Google.

“The best products should succeed because they’re better, not because they’re owned by the company running the search engine. And European consumers have a right to be told by app developers where to sign up to the best offers, even when the app store owner does not get a cut,” said Teresa Ribera, the commission’s executive vice president for clean, just and competitive transition.

Google’s president of global affairs, Kent Walker, assailed the fine as “product degradation driven by a small group of self-serving complainants” that will hurt European businesses and consumers.

He said the EU’s Digital Markets Act forces Google “to strip away real-time search features Europeans love — like instant pricing and direct availability for hotels, flights, and restaurants — and dismantle safety protections on Google Play.”

The EU describes some of the world’s leading tech giants — Amazon, Apple, Google parent Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok owner ByteDance — as “gatekeepers” that control access for consumers.

“In the EU, businesses have the right to compete fairly. Gatekeepers have the obligation to ensure a level playing field and consumers the right to choose for cheaper alternative offers,” European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said. Alphabet reported $403 billion in revenue last year.

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Associated Press writer Kaitlyn Huamani in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

FILE - A woman walks by a giant screen displaying the Google logo at an event at the Paris Google Lab on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

President Donald Trump holds a championship ring during an event to honor the 2025 World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, July 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)