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Trump’s trade war risks splintering the Internet, experts warn
Trump urged to rethink trade policy to block attacks on digital services.
Bertin Martens, a senior fellow at a European economics-focused think tank called Bruegel, broke down in April how practical it could be for the EU to attack digital platforms, noting, "there is a question of whether such retaliation is even feasible." The EU could possibly use a law known as the Anti-Coercion Regulation—which grants officials authority to lob countermeasures when facing "foreign economic coercion"—to impose digital services tariffs. To make that determination, officials would need "detailed information on the locations or nationalities" of all the users that platforms bring together, including buyers, sellers, advertisers and other parties, Martens said.
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