Europe can’t innovate, so it regulates. It’s time for Washington to fight back

The European Union has, time and time again, promised “fairness” and “competition” in its digital regulations. Instead, what it has delivered is a regulatory regime with unnecessary digital trade barriers that hurt American technology firms, workers, and consumers.

President Donald Trump and his administration have fought hard to win real trade victories for the American economy. Thousands of jobs are coming home. Manufacturing capacity is climbing. Major companies are putting real money behind domestic growth. That progress is real, and many Americans are feeling it.