Publications: Tanya Nagrath

Foreign governments are padding their treasuries by imposing massive fines on American tech companies—and it’s coming at the expense of U.S. competitiveness.

Taken together with dozens of other fines the EU has imposed on American tech firms, last week’s action against Google was further confirmation that the DMA functions less as a competition tool than as an extractive mechanism. The difference this time is that the Trump administration sent a clear signal it won’t stand for this anymore.

South Korea's discriminatory treatment of American tech firms exposes a critical gap in the U.S.-Korea relationship. The two countries should negotiate a dedicated mechanism for resolving bilateral digital trade disputes.

Foreign governments increasingly use online speech laws to pressure U.S. platforms into censoring constitutionally protected content, while sovereign immunity leaves American companies with little legal recourse. Wyoming's GRANITE Act offers a promising model, but meaningful protection will ultimately require Congress to amend federal sovereign immunity laws.

The EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package seeks to reduce reliance on American technology, but by restricting access to the firms driving innovation in cloud computing, semiconductors, and AI infrastructure, it risks weakening Europe’s competitiveness and strengthening China’s position in the global tech race.

The EU is increasingly imposing digital fines based on firms’ global turnover rather than local revenue—a structure that disproportionately targets large U.S. technology companies. As other countries adopt similar regulatory models, Washington must push back before the European playbook becomes the global standard.

The EU’s repair policy framework, alongside similar measures in other jurisdictions, is creating a fragmented and increasingly complex compliance landscape that disproportionately burdens American tech firms. U.S. policymakers should push for international standards that reflect diverse business models rather than defaulting to the EU’s hardware-centric approach.

Fifty-four members of Congress told Korea’s ambassador earlier this week: Stop targeting American tech companies—or risk the U.S.-Korea alliance itself.

Korea is unlocking high-quality data for AI but undermining that goal with a domestic server requirement that cuts developers off from global infrastructure. Targeted safeguards would do the job without the competitive cost.

The EU's antitrust case against Meta's WhatsApp AI integration would force the company to either compromise platform security or abandon AI features altogether, handing China a competitive advantage at the worst possible moment.