According to EU officials, the delay in announcing the revised EU-U.S. trade agreement stems from the U.S. pushing back on “non-tariff barriers,” which include major EU digital regulations, the Financial Times reports. The U.S. is still pushing the EU to change portions of the Digital Services Act, which the European Commission has said is a red line. However, a U.S. official said, “We continue to address digital trade barriers in conversations … the EU agreed to address these barriers when our initial agreement was struck.”
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