Trump zielt auf die „Erpressung“ der amerikanischen Technologieunternehmen in Übersee: Die EU-US-Rift wird sich vertiefen
https://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/commentary/trump-takes-aim-overseas-extortion-american-tech-companies-eu-us-rift
Trump zielt auf die „Erpressung“ der amerikanischen Technologieunternehmen in Übersee: Die EU-US-Rift wird sich vertiefen
https://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/commentary/trump-takes-aim-overseas-extortion-american-tech-companies-eu-us-rift
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Submission Statement: President Trump issued a memorandum providing for the imposition of tariffs on countries hindering ‘American companies’ global competitiveness’. This aggressive move highlights the growing challenges of cooperation between Europe and the US in the digital sector, and the need for Europe to reduce its dependence on American Big Tech.
I think that there is a risk that if US acts agressively and confrontationally in defending american tech/social media companies could backfire.
If american tech billionaires like Musk or Zuckerberg push US federal government to use it’s power to affect law making in Europe regarding them, this might push european consumers to find another options. So I don’t see that it would be a good strategy for them.
Social media services aren’t really strategic or hard to change to alternatives. Then there are other services, like cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP), that companies use and they are often strategically important and hard to change. These three companies have pretty much market dominance in some sectors.
The EU has held back significantly from what they actually want to do in regards to US tech giants in order to not annoy America too much. If Trump wants to protect US tech in Europe, his current course is the opposite of what he should do.
A looser alliance, a trade war, all less reasons to hold back.
If they keep this up facebook and shitter will be illegal in europe.
Dear god, please let’s have a EU-wide ban on Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and whatever other social media site used by tech bros and billionaires to influence everyone. Let’s return to forums. At least that way literacy will improve, even if everything can be manipulated.
This article fundamentally misses the crux of the US viewpoint on the matter: the US does not regard trade and security as separate concerns as the nations of Europe/the EU does. The American viewpoint was previously reflected in the [1993 Bottom-Up Review on US force posture](https://history.defense.gov/Portals/70/Documents/dod_reforms/Bottom-upReview.pdf) after the dissolution of the USSR:
> For their part, our allies must be sensitive between a sustained U.S. commitment to their security on the one hand, and their actions in such areas as trade policy, technology transfer, and participation in multinational security operations on the other.
Whether Europe likes it or not, the US sees — and has always seen — trade and security as directly linked. Within this vantage point, statements like:
> Strengthening cooperation with a diverse range of partners is essential to avoid excessive dependency on an increasingly adversarial counterpart ready to conflate NATO-related issues and international security with tax and regulatory disputes. Although some European politicians echo US rhetoric, Member States need to build on common objectives, understanding that a united front is always more effective in protecting their interests.
begin to appear simply incorrect. The US has never seen trade and security as entirely separate.