Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s head of digital and competition policy, has rejected the idea that its forthcoming Digital Markets Act (DMA) will only target American tech companies.
She spoke after the White House warned Brussels that the tone around its flagship new tech policy sent a negative message and suggested that the EU “is not interested in engaging with the United States in good faith” on the challenges posed by large tech platforms.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Vestager, who met with President Joe Biden during his visit in Brussels this week, said: “The [DMA] is not directed toward certain businesses or toward certain nationalities of businesses.”