Trump’s antitrust agency chief blasts EU digital rules as ‘taxes on American firms’

I am really wary about Brussels bureaucrats being given the power basically to level fines,

said Ferguson

If we think that Americans are suffering from anticompetitive conduct at home, we should address it here at home,

Ferguson said

The fines under the DMA are not tied to the business being conducted by the firm in Europe,

Ferguson, a Trump appointee, said

I am very suspicious of laws that appear to have been written to get at American companies abroad,

he said Wednesday

Our view has always been: ‘don’t do things that are going to hurt us’,

a Government spokesman said about Dublin’s representations to the commission

Detractors of Ireland always want to try and undermine Ireland in making those assertions which we’ve always, always objected to ... and fought against that idea and that notion,

Mr Martin said