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President Trump raised 30% tariffs on products from the European Union, extending the long-awaited conflict over who could write rules for Big Tech. The move came just after Brussels proceeded with further regulations, this time the booming field of artificial intelligence.
The latest flashpoint is the new “Practice Code” for AI, a set of volunteer guidelines published on Thursday is aimed at resolving public security concerns. Although not legally mandatory, the code is based on EU Landmark AI laws and companies that do not sign in by the August 2 Deadline Risk Acute Regulatory investigation. OpenAI announced on Friday that the intention to sign the code, when the Tech Lobby Group CCIA, whose members include Google and Meta, criticized guidelines.
The Trump administration was publicly hostile to EU efforts to control American technology companies. Trump describes the coarse penalty of the block as “foreign extortion”, on the other hand the Treasury Secretary is Scott Basent Claim They act as backdoor tariffs.
This scene has been widened by Silicon Valley. In a January announcement, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg D His company “President was going to work with Trump to put pressure on the governments that followed the American companies, especially to call European regulators. This excitement has been crippled in trade discussions; Trump administration officials said in May New York Post The discussion was postponed because the EU denied to renounce millions of dollars against technology giants in the United States.
What is the EU fined?
Under the 2022 Digital Markets Act (DMA), a landmark was regarded as a “gatekeeper” by European disbelief law, Apple, Google, Amazon and Meta. This title brought a fine wave of fine with it and forcibly changed their EU operations. Recently, the European Commission was hit with a fine of over 200 million dollars after the European Commission violated its “Pay-or-Communication” model DMA. Ay Reuters report From Friday, Meta has decided to fight against the search and will not offer a change, which means more fines are likely to be underway.
Will the EU cave or double?
Despite Trump’s pressure, the EU seems to be intended to maintain its regulatory independence. Earlier this month, the European Commission’s Tech Chief, Hena Verkunen said Politico Digital competition and AI -related block rules were not ready to discuss.
However, the EU has shown a little interested in compromise. The block recently excludes the proposed taxes from its upcoming budget on digital companies, which is a step to see the Trump administration as a win.
Now the question is whether these new tariffs will be backfire and whether more rigid crackdown will provoke. In response to the first -round tariff in April, EU President Ursula von Der Leon failed to discuss Big Take with counter -consultation when he failed to discuss. This block is delaying a set of retaliation systems scheduled to take effect last Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron has made it clear that the EU’s most dreaded weapon is still on the table: anti -anti -united materials.
“With European Unity Key, the Union’s view of the Union’s Determination is much higher, to protect European interests with Olute,” wrote in Macron X.
In addition to the European Commission’s President, France has declined the same scene in the US export of 5% on EU exports from August 1st.
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The anti -EU machine is considered “Bajuka” in the EU armory. Although the Traditional Tests hit the physical products, this tool allows the EU to impose trade sanctions on services from the country that is using economic force. If the bill fits in the United States, American tech giants provide digital services like Apple, Google and Meta, can be uniquely weakened.
In the end, both sides are fighting to protect their own interests: Trump administration wants to protect American domination in the global technology industry, while the EU wants to control the digital platforms on its own terms. As the discussion continues, they will not only determine the fate of the technology companies caught in the middle but also set the rules of global tech sovereignty over the next few years.
But the message is clear for the big technology companies caught in the crossfire: it is a war against digital sovereignty, and the next era of the Internet can be written as Washington in Brussels.