"The Office of the United States Trade Representative has issued a warning to the European Union and certain Member States, and cited Spotify as a threatened EU service provider. "The European Union and certain EU Member States have persisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directives against U.S. service providers" - that's the summary complaint which is publicly available. It continues: "U.S. services companies provide substantial free services to EU citizens and reliable enterprise services to EU companies, and they support millions of jobs and more than $100 billion in direct investment in Europe.""
"Below is the list of companies cited in this complaint/threat: The government's warning includes mention of "every tool at its disposal to counter these unreasonable measures." The threat includes "assessment of fees or restrictions on foreign services, among other actions." All this is spelled out on X, HERE."
The U.S. Trade Representative issued a formal warning to the European Union and certain Member States alleging discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directives against U.S. service providers. The notice cited that U.S. services companies provide substantial free consumer services, enterprise services to EU companies, support millions of jobs, and contribute more than $100 billion in direct investment in Europe. Spotify was named among threatened EU service providers. The warning signaled possible countermeasures, including assessment of fees or restrictions on foreign services and the use of every available tool. The notice included a list of cited companies and was posted on X.
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