EU push to protect digital rules holds up trade statement with US, FT reports


U.S. and European Union flags are seen in this illustration taken April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

(Reuters) -The European Union is trying to prevent the United States from targeting the bloc's digital rules as both sides work through the final details of a delayed statement to formalise a trade deal reached last month, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

EU officials said disagreements over language relating to "non-tariff barriers", which the U.S. said include the digital rules, are among the reasons for the hold-up of the statement, the newspaper said.

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