Bureaucrats in Brussels are trying to steal from the successes of America’s leading technology companies yet again. The European Union (EU) is fining Google in an antitrust investigation tied to the overzealous Digital Markets Act (DMA) with the largest penalty ever imposed under the law. 

Rather than provide a business environment conducive to forming a competitor to Google, with less taxation and regulation, the EU seeks to punish one of the top seven performing companies in the United States. It’s an all too common theme these days: Some of the closest allies of the US directly attack our businesses for providing them with affordable (often free), high-demand digital services.

Washington should take note of this behavior when doing diplomacy abroad and considering its role in the world. America is not the world’s money tree or innovative indentured........

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