The European Commission Tuesday asserted the “sovereign right” to regulate the activities of tech giants within the bloc and rejected claims by President Donald Trump that its rules unfairly harm US firms.

Brussels has adopted a powerful legal arsenal aimed at reining in tech giants, particularly through the Digital Markets Act (DMA) covering competition and Digital Services Act (DSA) on content moderation.

Without explicitly naming the EU, Trump threatened on Monday to impose fresh tariffs on countries with regulations that sought to “harm” American technology, just days after both sides released details of a hard-fought transatlantic trade deal.

“It is the sovereign right of the EU and its member states to regulate economic activities on our territory,” European Commission chief spoke

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