US big tech companies are demanding more support from Donald Trump in the fight against European regulations — but the EU antitrust watchdogs don't want to let Apple, Meta and co. off the hook.

The European Union’s executive branch on Friday vowed to “take firm and immediate action” against U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on steel and

The European Commission said it would respond “swiftly and decisively” if US President Donald Trump takes any “unjustified measures” following his latest warning over the bloc’s tech rules.

The European Commission will agree next week to explore greater import limits, according to three officials, a move that would raise tensions with trading partners. Early targets could include US crops such as soyabeans which are grown using pesticides EU farmers are not allowed to use.

Despite pressure from the U.S., the European Commission won’t delay antitrust actions against Apple and Meta. The European Union’s competition chief told Reuters that U.S. President Donald Trump has upended the “trustful relationship” between the United States and Europe,

The European Commission will propose exempting defence from EU limits on government spending, the head of the EU executive, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Friday, amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump for Europe to finance its own defence.

This is how Donald Trump referred to Brussels, while his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, stood up his European counterpart, Kaja Kallas, in Washington. The EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, traveled to Washington this week,

The European Union has been a “boon” for the United States, it fired back Wednesday at US President Donald Trump, after he said the bloc was formed “to screw the United States”. “The European Union is the world’s largest free market.

President Trump accuses the European Union of cheating the United States, sparking tensions and threats of new tariffs.

In a recent report, the European Central Bank (ECB) highlighted trade tariffs as one of the European economy's major challenges. This assessment came just days after the U.S. administration decided to slap a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum imports, along with additional levies on cars, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals.