Twenty-five Republican lawmakers urged President Trump to launch a Section 301 investigation into the European Union’s Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act. By April 2026, cumulative EU penalties against tech giants had exceeded $7 billion, including a 500 million euro fine against Apple and a 200 million euro fine against Meta in April 2025, as well as an 890 million euro penalty against Google in July 2026. The US Trade Representative had already identified European companies including SAP, Spotify, and Accenture as potential targets for countermeasures in December 2025. The European Union maintains that these regulations apply equally to all companies meeting the relevant size and market-power thresholds, framing them as consumer protection and competition policy rather than trade policy.
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