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EU Asserts ‘Sovereign Right’ to Regulate Tech After Trump Threat
The European Commission defends its Digital Markets Act, which fines violators up to 6% of global turnover and bans repeat offenders, emphasizing regulatory autonomy despite US threats.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump announced via social media that he plans to levy new tariffs on any nation that enacts digital tax policies or regulations perceived as targeting American technology firms.
- This threat followed the late July transatlantic trade deal that limits most U.S. tariffs on EU exports to 15%, and EU officials emphasized their sovereign right to regulate tech firms within the bloc.
- The European Commission has enacted the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act to regulate competition and moderate content, with investigations against firms like Meta, Apple, AliExpress, Temu, TikTok, and X.
- EU spokespeople, including Paula Pinho and Thomas Regnier, firmly rebutted Trump's claims that the DSA censors or unfairly targets U.S. firms, stressing that over 99% of content moderation is done by platforms enforcing their own rules.
- Despite Trump's latest warnings, EU officials stated that ongoing work on the trade and regulatory framework remains firm and unaffected, asserting the EU's autonomy and reinforcing transatlantic trade ties.
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He can't let it go. Trump is threatening new tariffs – apparently towards the EU. It's about laws that regulate US corporations. He doesn't like them.
"America and the US technology companies are no longer the piggy bank or the doormat of the world," the US president claimed, brandishing the threat of commercial retaliation.
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