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EU push to protect digital rules holds up trade statement with US, FT reports
EU push to protect digital rules holds up trade statement with US, FT reports

CNA

timea day ago

  • Business
  • CNA

EU push to protect digital rules holds up trade statement with US, FT reports

The European Union is trying to prevent the United States from targeting the bloc's digital rules as both sides work through the final details of a delayed statement to formalise a trade deal reached last month, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. EU officials said disagreements over language relating to "non-tariff barriers", which the U.S. said include the digital rules, are among the reasons for the hold-up of the statement, the newspaper said.

EU push to protect digital rules holds up trade statement with US, FT reports
EU push to protect digital rules holds up trade statement with US, FT reports

Reuters

timea day ago

  • Business
  • Reuters

EU push to protect digital rules holds up trade statement with US, FT reports

Aug 17 (Reuters) - The European Union is trying to prevent the United States from targeting the bloc's digital rules as both sides work through the final details of a delayed statement to formalise a trade deal reached last month, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. EU officials said disagreements over language relating to "non-tariff barriers", which the U.S. said include the digital rules, are among the reasons for the hold-up of the statement, the newspaper said. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

Trump Administration Targets Europe's Digital Laws as a Threat to Basic Rights and U.S. Business
Trump Administration Targets Europe's Digital Laws as a Threat to Basic Rights and U.S. Business

Wall Street Journal

time15-05-2025

  • Business
  • Wall Street Journal

Trump Administration Targets Europe's Digital Laws as a Threat to Basic Rights and U.S. Business

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is ramping up attacks on Europe's digital rules, opening a new front in Washington's pressure campaign on longtime allies that combines assertions of defending free speech with efforts to protect commercial interests. Much of the effort is led by the State Department, which last week sent a request to its offices around Europe seeking 'examples of government efforts to limit freedom of speech,' according to a copy reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

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