A top European Union regulator accused the United States of using tariff threats to bully the bloc into revising its digital rules, heightening a trans-Atlantic clash as trade talks reached a sensitive phase.
Europe’s top antitrust regulator accused the United States of using trade leverage to weaken the European Union’s digital rulebook, calling the tactic “blackmail” and signaling a tougher line inside the European Commission as Washington seeks concessions tied to steel and aluminum tariffs.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Monday in Brussels that the United States could modify its tariff posture if the EU reconsidered its digital laws.
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