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EU to scale back probes into US megatechs after Trump return

EU commissioner, Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager.
Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager. Photo: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

Tech giants look to President Trump to protect them from strict EU regulations.

Regulators in the EU are temporarily pausing making decisions and imposing fines on US megatechs for potentially breaching EU rules, in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Sources have told the Financial Times the bloc is now “reassessing” the scale of its investigations into tech giants