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title: "Don’t Put US Tech Firms Under the Thumb of the European Commission"
summary: |-
  The EU is considering a new policy that would force American content providers like Google and Netflix to effectively subsidize European ISPs. The Biden administration should push back at the next meeting of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council.
date: "2023-05-18"
issues: ["Broadband Access and Regulation"]
authors: ["Robert D. Atkinson", "Jessica Dine"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/05/18/dont_put_us_tech_firms_under_the_thumb_of_the_european_commission_899877.html"
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# Don’t Put US Tech Firms Under the Thumb of the European Commission

Unbeknownst to most in Washington, the European Commission (EC) is considering a new policy that would continue a longstanding trend: funneling money from U.S. technology companies to the European Union (EU). So far, this has largely taken the form of digital services taxes and exorbitant antitrust fines on U.S. tech companies, [write Rob Atkinson and Jessica Dine in ](https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/05/18/dont_put_us_tech_firms_under_the_thumb_of_the_european_commission_899877.html)*[RealClearMarkets](https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/05/18/dont_put_us_tech_firms_under_the_thumb_of_the_european_commission_899877.html)*[.](https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/05/18/dont_put_us_tech_firms_under_the_thumb_of_the_european_commission_899877.html) This new policy, if implemented, would force American content providers (CAPs)—like Google and Netflix—to effectively subsidize European internet service providers (ISPs).

[Read the op-ed.](https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/05/18/dont_put_us_tech_firms_under_the_thumb_of_the_european_commission_899877.html)

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/05/18/dont_put_us_tech_firms_under_the_thumb_of_the_european_commission_899877.html*