The foreign trade ambassador for the United States threatened to retaliate against the European Union Tuesday following its $140 million fine against billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s X.
The U.S. Trade Representative stated in an X post that if the United States needs to respond to Europe’s restrictions and fines, the law allows the United States to assess fees or restrictions on foreign services and take other actions.
“If the EU and EU Member States insist on continuing to restrict, limit, and deter the competitiveness of U.S. service providers through discriminatory means, the United States will have no choice but to begin using every tool at its disposal to counter these unreasonable measures,” the Trade Representative stated….