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Go to the Mattresses: It’s Time to Reset U.S.-EU Tech and Trade Relations
In its bid for tech sovereignty, the EU has been aggressively targeting U.S. firms and industries with unfair protectionist policies. This cannot stand. To move forward into a new era of deeper transatlantic trade integration, America must first demand a level playing field.
The Digital Markets Act: A Triumph of Regulation Over Innovation
The Digital Markets Act presents three fundamental challenges as it nears adoption: First, it will increase regulatory fragmentation. Second, its disproportionate blanket obligations and prohibitions will be economically detrimental and legally controversial. Third, it will be difficult to implement, as some of its provisions clash with other European regulations.
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June 6, 2025|Testimonies & Filings
Comments to the European Commission Regarding Future Cloud and AI Policies in the EU
It is critical that, in tackling both these issues, the EU avoids engaging in digital protectionism, which would harm European competitiveness further.
June 6, 2025|Testimonies & Filings
Comments to the European Commission Regarding Its “Apply AI Strategy”
The Center welcomes the European Commission’s ambition to accelerate the uptake of AI across the economy and public sector as part of its broader AI continent action plan.
June 2, 2025|Commentary
Germany’s New Digital Ministry Will Make or Break the Government’s AI Ambitions
Germany’s new coalition government has created a central digital ministry to finally accelerate its slow-moving AI agenda, aiming to modernize public services and support AI innovation. But success hinges on whether it prioritizes practical reform over symbolic sovereignty, especially amid EU regulations and global competition.
May 28, 2025|Presentations
The Digital Markets Act as Legal Design: Sovereignty and Strategy
Lilla Nóra Kiss speaks on the Digital Markets Act at the TalTech Legal Lab Annual Research Forum.
May 21, 2025|Presentations
The Digital Markets Act Explained: Is the EU Rewriting the Rules For Big Tech?
Lilla Nóra Kiss speaks on the legal and economic ramifications of the Digital Markets Act at the Università del Salento.
April 30, 2025|Blogs
The EU’s Apple and Google DMA Rulings Deal a Double Blow to European Consumers and Transatlantic Relations
The European Commission is seemingly oblivious to concerns about innovation and user experience as it forces through DMA decisions against Apple and Google.
April 28, 2025|Reports & Briefings
EU Regulatory Actions Against US Tech Companies Are a De Facto Tariff System
EU policymakers frame their legislative and regulatory actions against U.S. tech companies as measures to promote competition and protect consumers. But they operate as protectionist trade barriers and revenue-generating mechanisms.
April 17, 2025|Blogs
Europe’s GDPR Fines Against US Firms Are Unfair and Disproportionate
The magnitude of the total fines against U.S. companies is extraordinary. To put the amount in perspective, it is roughly the same as the GDP of Fiji. It could cover the cost of sending five rovers to explore Mars. It would be enough to build two new football stadiums in Washington, DC. It could even pay for every household in America to buy six dozen eggs.
March 27, 2025|Blogs
The EU Should Resist Calls to Regulate AI Under the DMA
Europe risks undermining its competitiveness in the AI race by heeding calls to extend the DMA to AI and cloud services.
March 25, 2025|Blogs
What Vance Left Unsaid in Paris: America’s AI Leadership Hinges on Big Tech Leadership
Vice President Vance was right to warn against stifling AI innovation with excessive regulation, but the Trump administration must go further by pushing back against policies like the EU’s Digital Markets Act and similar U.S. regulatory efforts that undermine American tech leadership. To maintain global competitiveness, the U.S. should support its leading tech companies, ensuring they have the scale and capital needed to drive AI and technological advancements, rather than subjecting them to restrictive regulations that benefit foreign competitors.
