LOADING ERROR LOADINGA top European Union official on Wednesday accused the Trump administration of using “blackmail” to force the 27-country bloc to weaken regulations affecting U.S. tech companies. Advertisement“They would like to have steel and aluminum as part of this package,” Lutnick told Bloomberg TV on Monday. Advertisement“I’m trying to convince them that winning the way Donald Trump is winning in America is the way to go,” Lutnick told Bloomberg. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks at a press conference following a meeting with the EU Trade Ministers' Council in Brussels on Nov. 24, 2025. Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty ImagesHowever, Teresa Ribera, the bloc’s antitrust chief, told Politico the U.S. should not dictate the European Union’s digital rulebook.
