President Donald Trump is set to meet Sunday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to continue talks on a trade deal.
Ahead of that meeting, policy analysts say that any agreement on trade must include the removal of non-tariff regulations and digital service taxes that largely target U.S. tech and communications companies.
Joe Grogan, president of Public Policy Solutions and former Domestic Policy Council chief in the first Trump administration, told The Center Square in a statement that, “For decades, the European Union has attacked the United States with unfair regulations, taxes and fees. Given America’s tech leadership, our digital policy is trade policy, and any trade deal should address non-tariff barriers like digital services taxes to end the protectionist approach to these American innovators. To pay more than lip service to freedom and free markets, the EU must remove its burdensome bans and regulations on American companies.”
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