EU set to limit Apple and Meta fines to avoid ire of Donald Trump
Brussels to push ahead with enforcing digital rules on Big Tech groups but with low financial penalties for breaches
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Cowards, who cares about Trump’s feelings.
Nobody cares about Trump's feelings; but the EU should care about the very real consequences of a trade war on its citizens, as well as the citizens of the US. This stuff has consequences beyond one guy's feelings.
Agreed that they're cowards, though.
Trump is gonna do what he wants either way.
What about the consequences of letting American companies destroy Europe?
What about it?
What are you protecting if the American companies destroy their European competitors, and break Europe into small irrelevant pieces in the process? You are just postponing the issues and making them much worse in the long term. Appeasement is never the right strategy when the other side's goal is to destroy you.
Appeasement is never the right strategy when the other side’s goal is to destroy you.
You're an international policy expert? Lemmy really does have every sort of person!
Look, I don't like that the EU is going easy on monopolies, and I don't like the appeasement strategy either. I was just pointing out that this isn't about Trump's "feelings," but rather the well-being of everyone who is affected by these policies.
It's not a 1v1 fight, the consequences are for all citizens..
