US EditionUS threatens countermeasures after EU fine on Musk's X
USTR threatens fees and restrictions on EU firms over digital rules, citing discriminatory actions and U.S. companies' $100 billion investment in Europe.
- Earlier this month, the European Union fined Elon Musk-owned social media platform X €120 million, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative threatened retaliation.
- U.S. officials argue the DMA and DSA led to major changes and fines for Apple and Meta, saying the EU and some Member States pursued discriminatory actions against U.S. service providers.
- Invoking U.S. legal authorities, the USTR named Accenture, DHL, Mistral, SAP, Spotify, and Siemens as potential targets for fees or restrictions under U.S. law.
- Brussels rejected the discrimination claim, Thomas Regnier said, as the warning marks a sharp escalation in tensions over the EU digital rulebook and the U.S. House Judiciary Committee examined the issue.
- Beyond EU ties, the warning signals risks for global regulatory alignment as the United States warned it would consider countermeasures against other countries adopting an "EU-style" strategy, raising stakes for the U.S. services sector with $100 billion in direct investment in Europe.
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U.S. Threatens Retaliation Against EU Tech Fines
Washington has warned that European companies operating in the U.S. could face new fees or restrictions should the European Union continue enforcing digital rules that discriminate against American businesses. In a statement posted on X yesterday, the U.S. Trade Representative accused the EU and several member states of pursuing a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes and fines targeting American service providers. T…
Washington does not want to accept that Brussels demands transparency in advertising from Elon Musk's X news platform.
On Tuesday, the United States threatened the European Union (EU) and its member countries with reprisals if they did not return to their "discriminatory" regulation of the digital sector, which Washington says is aimed at "restricting, limiting and discouraging" the activity of US companies."The EU and some Member States have persisted in their discriminatory approach and (their) harassment with trials, taxes, fines and guidelines targeting US s…
There has been a long dispute over the regulation of digital companies: the EU imposes heavy fines on large US technology companies, which annoys the US government. Now the EU threatens them with sanctions for service providers.
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