Senior White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said the use of “law” in places such as the EU is being used to “target” America’s largest tech companies.
The European Union said Wednesday that it would not make concessions to digital and technology rules as part of its trade negotiations.
“These tools include currency manipulation, VAT distortion, dumping, export subsidies, state-owned enterprises, IP theft, discriminatory product standards, allocation, prohibitions, opaque licensing regimes, burdensome customs procedures, mandates for data localization, and the use of “Lawfare” such as the EU’s “Lawfare.”
“And we won’t merge the two with the US in our negotiations.”
The charges face new broader tariffs for almost all other goods, 20% to apply to countries that say that blocks of 27 countries face import duties on steel, aluminum and cars, and that he imposed a high barrier to US imports.
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The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) form a single set of rules under the Digital Services Act packages that apply to the EU.
The former regulates the power of gatekeepers of the biggest digital companies, while the latter legislates social media platforms, removes illegal content, conducts risk assessments, prevents illegal and harmful activities online, and curbs the spread of “disinformation.”
“We do not respectfully impose a fine identified by the law if we do not see any willingness to cooperate.”
Meta repeated his criticism of the impending decision.
“concentration”
According to German MEP Christine Anderson, an alternative politician for the German populist Conservative Party, the EU’s intensive decision-making and legal framework make it difficult for member states to change or withdraw digital services laws.
Anderson previously told the Epoch Times that the European Parliament itself has not proposed any new legislation. It can pass it, and it limits what a politician can do.
The European Parliament and the Council of Europe are working together to adopt or amend the proposed legislation, but the European Commission is the main proponent.
She characterized this as “passing a bee food letter.” There, Meps writes to the committee and says, “Well, I hope we can do this.”
“But they don’t need to do that. So the committee is the government,” she said.
She said they were the “only thing” that could launch the law.
Guy Birchall and Reuters contributed to this report.
