European officials draft radical plan to take on Trump and U.S. tech companies [View all]
Source: Politico
European Union officials have drawn up an aggressive 173-page plan to counter both President Donald Trumps trade moves and American tech giants including Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook.
According to a document obtained by POLITICO, European Commission officials are pushing their president-elect, Ursula von der Leyen, to set up a European Future Fund that would invest more than $100 billion in equity stakes in high-potential European companies.
The goal: get Europe competing head-on with the American and Chinese tech giants it has lagged behind for decades.
Theyre also advocating for Europe to show more grit in Trumps trade war, saying the EU should slap tariffs unilaterally on the United States.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/22/europe-plan-trump-tech-companies-1472326