Trump Is on Collision Course With EU Over Big Tech Crackdown
- New EU commission enters with Silicon Valley in its sights
- Tech leaders court Trump as EU pursues multiple probes
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The European Union’s multiyear clampdown on some of the largest American companies is set to force President-elect Donald Trump to decide which bothers him more: Europe or Big Tech.
In the coming months, Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc., and the X platform owned by Trump confidant Elon Musk, could face billions in fines or even mandatory divestment orders from dozens of separate ongoing EU investigations.