The Trump administration singled out European tech firms by name and promised economic consequences Tuesday unless the E.U. rolls back tech regulation and lawsuits.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative, led by Jamieson Greer, said that the European Union had βpersisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directivesβ against U.S. companies.
European policymakers are crafting changes to scale back and simplify landmark rules for A.I. and data privacy, in a shift from an aggressive regulatory period.