EU Push to Protect Digital Rules Holds Up Trade Statement With US, FT Reports

EU push to protect digital rules holds up trade statement with US: report

The European Union is trying to prevent the US from targeting the bloc's digital rules as both sides work through the final details of a delayed statement to formalize a trade deal reached last month, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

EU Push to Protect Digital Rules Holds Up Trade Statement With US, FT Reports

Washington says European rules requiring tech giants to tackle hate speech and violence online ‘stifles free speech.’

EU push to protect digital rules holds up trade statement with US, FT reports

The European Union is trying to prevent the United States from targeting the bloc's digital rules as both sides work through the final details of a delayed statement to formalise a trade deal reached last month, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

EU-US Trade Statement Held Up Over Digital Laws, FT Says

The EU’s efforts to safeguard its digital regulations are holding up a joint statement on trade, following an agreement struck last month in Scotland, the Financial Times reported.

EU push to protect digital rules holds up trade statement with US

Disagreements over language relating to “non-tariff barriers” – which the US has said include the bloc’s ambitious digital regulations – are among the reasons.