Faced with pressure from the U.S., the EU takes a firm stance: continue implementation

Reference News Network, September 2 report. According to the website of Singapore's Straits Times, on September 1, the European Commission Executive Vice President for Technical Sovereignty and other matters, Vilkkinen, said on a social platform that the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act are "sovereign legislation" of the EU, and the EU will continue to implement these digital laws.

Vilkkinen said that the relevant digital sector laws are non-discriminatory and apply to all online platforms operating in the EU.

She wrote a letter to the Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Jordan, reiterating that the EU's digital sector laws do not have extraterritorial effect, but as long as companies provide relevant services within the EU, regardless of where their headquarters are located, those services will be regulated by the EU.

U.S. President Trump posted on a social platform on August 26 warning all countries and regions implementing digital taxes, digital sector legislation or regulation, saying that unless they revoke discriminatory measures against American companies, they will impose high additional tariffs on goods imported from these countries.

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