US urges EU to deliver commitments to ease non-tariff trade barriers
Joint statements on such barriers expected in autumn, sources say
EU not planning more environmental rule concessions, sources say
Literally „Do as I say, not as I do.“ stuff. The US is in no position to ask anyone for commitments.
Unfortunately, they absolutely are in a position to not just ask, but even to pressure hard. They only need to send Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta and Oracle(Tiktok) a letter to disable EU-based accounts for a while. There will be pure chaos in EU businesses and institutions and a huge percentage of the population will be really unhappy with the EU. Because they’ve made themselves completely dependent on digital services from the US.
They should do it. Shoot themselves in the foot. Turn off the digital hypnosis machines and watch as Europeans wake up to their reliance on US systems and start searching for alternatives.
That is definitely not the fantastic leverage you make it out to be. It’s a nuclear bomb. The US can do it, but only once. They will hurt the EU and themselves. They will most likely loose all credits and good relations that are still intact between EU and US. Most importantly, they will loose the most important leverage they have. The US will rush EU into digital sovereignity. The EU will take the loss of scale advantages for granted after this nuclear bomb.
A digital Hormuz
The United States urged the European Union on Friday to ease its laws putting responsibility on large firms for the environmental and social impact of their global supply chains …
The U.S. aligns (again) with China.
They are not barriers, US companies can just play by our rules.
