EU regulators reportedly delayed Apple and Meta penalty announcements ahead of US trade talks

The European Commission (EC) has been postponed that the regulatory sentence ads in front of Apple and Meta this week accelerates push for the trade agreement with him. Friday, Wall Street Journal gossip The movement caused concern to the European Parliament’s deputies so that the political factors affect the regulatory decisions of the body.

EU announces firing orders in front of Apple and Meta on Tuesday and have been reported in advance of one of the company in advance. This Wsj EU Commissioner Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said it was a decision to postpone the statement before meet On Monday, US officials and officials in Washington meet with the United States since President Donald Trump 90-day tariff break.

On Tuesday, an EC spokesman said technical work was completed in the work, but no date was announced. “We are currently working on recent decisions in a short time,” he said.

Punishments of the European Commission Digital Markets Law (DMA)Aiming to correct the level of playing for small companies competing with Big Tech Behemoths. EC tested meta for the scheme that allows users Refrain from personal ads for the price. Meanwhile, Apple’s work, developers, the company’s rules that restricently restricted operations outside the application store. EC He opened probes in March 2024.

Under, companies can be fined 10 percent of global annual revenues. But Wsj The financial sentences will be lower and the ceasefire will be lower.

Before this month, EU’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera tell MPs whose EC did not respond to Apple and Meta in March. On April 8, this statement announced a break in the “Freedom Day” tariffs the day before.

This Wsj The regulatory decisions are still expected to move forward, but it is not clear how long the ads will be postponed. The European Commission has previously claimed Pressure from Trump and its major technological supporters would fight to defend “Regulation Autonomy” to neeal the restrictions on American enterprises.