The EU is ramping up efforts to tax Big Tech through Digital Services Taxes (DST) and new digital competition laws like the DMA. Once a fiscal tool, the DST is now emerging as a geopolitical instrument amid US-EU trade tensions. With Apple and Meta facing fines and the European Court backing the EU’s regulatory authority, digital policy is becoming a new front in global power politics.
“At the time of writing, 2025 has seen “Make America Great Again” be taken to a whole new level, but what does that mean for America’s global influence and power?”
Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, uncertainty has gripped global trade once again. With sweeping tariffs on steel, aluminum, and European imports, Trump’s “America First” agenda has reignited transatlantic tensions.
While the EU faces rising costs, disrupted supply chains, and targeted tariffs across sectors, Brussels is responding with a mix of strategic calm, legal countermeasures, and trade diversification.
Will Europe emerge as the global champion of free trade or be forced into its own protectionist pivot?
