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EU Antitrust Strategy Faces U.S. Pushback as Regulatory Tensions Rise Over Big Tech

By Linda A. Thompson
March 01, 2025

At the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos in January, U.S. President Donald Trump likened multiple billion-euro antitrust fines the European Union has recently slapped on Google, Meta and Apple to a “form of taxation,” echoing previous statements by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Not long after that, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her 2025 policy plans to “lighten the regulatory load” and move toward “a leaner Europe” in response to growing concerns that the bloc’s many laws and regulations are hurting its competitiveness. Some already adopted regulations will be condensed and simplified in forthcoming so-called “omnibus” laws, while 37 planned legislative proposals will be shelved, including new AI liability rules and a planned overhaul of EU data privacy rules.

With tech giants’ influence on the White House on the rise — X owner Elon Musk has frequently accused the European Commission of overreach — the likelihood of U.S. retaliation in response to enforcement of both longstanding EU antitrust rules and newer digital regulations has grown. At the same time, the EU’s own stated desire to cut red tape has raised existential questions about the future of the EU as a global regulatory superpower whose laws are emulated by nations and adhered to by companies around the world.

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