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The European Commission has rejected any suggestion it could bow to pressure from US president Donald Trump on digital regulation after his overnight expression of frustration with “digital taxes” and “digital services legislation and digital markets regulation” in other countries.
The linguistic similarity with the two flagship EU rulebooks – the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act – was probably not accidential there.
“This must end, and end NOW! With this TRUTH, I put all Countries with Digital Taxes, Legislation, Rules, or Regulations, on notice that unless these discriminatory actions are removed, I, as President of the United States, will impose substantial additional Tariffs on that Country’s Exports to the U.S.A., and institute Export restrictions on our Highly Protected Technology and Chips.”
“I think it’s useful to recall what we’ve been saying a number of times, that it is the sovereign right of the EU and its member states to regulate economic activities on our territory which are consistent with our democratic values.”
“On the fact that we’re targeting US companies, this is something that we can firmly rebut, however. The DSA does not look at the color of a company, at the jurisdiction of a company, nor at the owner of a company.”
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