Big Tech probes non-negotiable in US trade talks, Brussels warns

MSN - 09/04
Investigations into Big Tech and value-added tax will not be up for negotiation during trade talks with the United States, the European Commission has said. View on euronews

The European Union will not make any concessions on its digital and technology rules as part of any trade negotiations with the United States, Brussels has warned, drawing a red line after a senior advisor of President Donald Trump openly accused the bloc of waging "lawfare" against the country's Big Tech companies.

"As regards our European tech and digital regulation, we're talking about separate things here," a spokesperson for the European Commission said on Tuesday.

"And we will not be conflating the two in our negotiations with the US."

The accusation was made by Peter Navarro, a long-time Trump loyalist and one of the fiercest pro-tariff voices inside the White House, who wrote an op-ed in the F...
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