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posted by martyb on Saturday August 24 2019, @12:19PM   Printer-friendly

European Union officials have drawn up an aggressive 173-page plan to counter both President Donald Trump's trade moves and American tech giants including Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook.

According to a document obtained by POLITICO, European Commission officials are pushing their president-elect, Ursula von der Leyen, to set up a European Future Fund that would invest more than $100 billion in equity stakes in high-potential European companies.

The goal: get Europe competing head-on with the American and Chinese tech giants it has lagged behind for decades.

[...] The EU would use a so-called draft "Enforcement Regulation" if the Trump administration succeeds in its efforts to grind the World Trade Organization (WTO) to a halt.

[...] The EU is hoping to emulate past successes, such as its development of the GSM mobile global standard, which fueled the rise of companies such as Nokia.

[...] The document seeks more stringent measures to block Chinese companies from taking part in tenders in Europe to penalize them for the level of subsidies that they receive from the government in Beijing.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/22/europe-plan-trump-tech-companies-1472326


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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday August 25 2019, @01:29AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 25 2019, @01:29AM (#885010) Journal

    Easily solved with legislation, tariffs, embargoes.

    Trump said it was easy. So it must be.