The EU took place on a fine apple and a meta in the middle of the climbing of the trade war – politico

Spotify, one of the main activists against Apple’s rules under investigation, also met with DG trade officials earlier this month to discuss digital law.

However, although Washington threats are a factor, they are not the most important consideration when fixing fines, according to a person familiar with the thought of the Commission. Other factors, in particular the novelty of the regulations, are greater, they said.

The EU executive should distribute a fine to Apple for its rules on developers who prevent them from communicating the offers to iPhone users, according to informed persons. In parallel, a separate survey on the default parameters of the Apple browser should be rolled up, because the modifications made by the iPhone manufacturer last year obtained a positive sign from competing browser developers.

Meta will be faced with a fine to impose terms and conditions on users for the use of their personal data which is in violation of the DMA.

Commissioner Teresa Ribera, who is in charge of the Commission competition service, will go to Washington this week to attend an annual global rally of antitrust lawyers. Ribera will meet his counterparts at the United States Ministry of Justice and at the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday.

Despite trade tensions, EU officials stressed that it continues to be a large alignment between the US government and the EU on the need to continue the application against Big Tech.

The Federal Trade American Commission will be tried next month in a case against Meta while the government’s monopolization trial against Apple continued under Trump.