US-EU Agreement: Trump Wants to Undermine DSA

Three weeks after the trade agreement between Europe and the United States, the final document has not yet been published. According to sources at the Financial Times, the Trump administration is seeking some concessions on the Digital Services Act (DSA). However, other legislation could be discussed during the ongoing negotiations.
The European Commission does not accept compromisesThe agreement signed on July 27 by Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission) and Donald Trump (President of the United States) is a political and non-legally binding agreement . This means that the parties can change their minds and not honor their commitments. Negotiations to formalize the agreement are still ongoing. The Financial Times has speculated on the reasons why the final document has not been published.
The discussions would particularly concern so-called "non-tariff barriers" or "non-trade barriers," i.e., obstacles not represented by the movement of goods subject to duties. One such "barrier" is undoubtedly the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European law that imposes various obligations and prohibitions on online platforms and search engines. The Trump administration recently launched a lobbying campaign to amend the DSA, which is considered a tool of censorship.
According to two European officials, the United States wants to obtain some concessions on the DSA. One U.S. official stated:
We continue to discuss barriers to digital trade in discussions with our trading partners, and the EU agreed to address these barriers when our initial agreement was reached.
The European Commission, however, reiterated that the rules will not be affected. The political agreement of July 27 includes a 15% tariff on automobile exports to the United States. US government officials emphasized that the current rate of 27.5% will remain in effect until the final agreement is signed.
Other existing European laws, such as the Digital Markets Act and the AI Act , could also be addressed during the negotiations, along with future laws, such as the Digital Networks Act .
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