Jamieson Greer

So we'll see, you know, between their process and ours, we'll see where it goes.

So I just had a conversation yesterday with my counterpart in the European Commission yesterday to reinforce some of the strong concerns we're hearing from US stakeholders.

US tech companies are the most competitive in the world.

Europe, frankly, doesn't have those types of competitors.

If you talk to the Europeans, they'll say, that's why we have to regulate and have these protectionist measures against U.S.

tech companies.

Unfortunately, we see in the way that they've developed those measures, they're discriminatory.

They only capture companies above a certain threshold of revenue globally or certain business models, and magically it only happens to capture U.S.

companies globally.

They'll say that they're Chinese companies too, but we only see actions against American companies.

So it's a problem.

It's discriminatory in fact.

You'll hear the Europeans say, well, it's fair, but it's discriminatory in fact and in intent.

So I want to talk to these folks.

I want to negotiate over it.

They've been somewhat resistant to that.

But again, I had a great conversation yesterday with the European Trade Commissioner.

And I think we just have to be able to talk about why they're doing this, why they're purporting to regulate American companies and their global business models.

That's because they haven't been trade negotiators.

I have not been surprised at where it's been more challenging.