Aegis Insights

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.

While the U.S. invests heavily in AI competitiveness at home, discriminatory foreign regulations are systematically weakening American tech firms abroad, diverting resources from innovation to compliance and ceding ground to China's state-backed AI sector.

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.

The Trump administration has launched sweeping Section 301 investigations into foreign manufacturing overcapacity, but discriminatory digital regulations pose an equally serious threat to U.S. commerce and warrant the same enforcement response.

A government backed push to replace U.S. payment networks in Europe is less about consumer benefit and more about reducing reliance on American firms, risking economic harm to the U.S. and opening the door for Chinese competitors in a fragmented market.

By any objective assessment, Canada's Online Streaming Act, which requires foreign streaming services to fork over 5 percent of their Canadian revenues, qualifies as a non-tariff attack.

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.

Together, the transatlantic alliance can shape the rules of the digital age. Divided, neither side stands a chance.

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.

Global trade is evolving into a form of mercantilist economic warfare where foreign nations use discriminatory regulations to target the U.S. tech sector, draining its wealth and undermining American innovation.