1. ❌ MOWERS WARNS EU WANTS TO “REGULATE EVERYTHING TO DEATH”

EU-US Forum Board Member Matt Mowers joined the Dana Loesch Show to warn viewers that the US “cannot be reliant upon the EU’s policy and regulatory framework” if we want to be in a place to outcompete China in the AI race.

This comes as the EU seeks to enforce extraterritorial directives like the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) onto American companies. The CSDDD and CSRD say they have to comply with burdensome European sustainability standards.

He continued by saying: “There’s no way that [Europe would] be able to outcompete China. China is going to try to do too much state sponsored AI generation as well. It’s going to hamstring themselves, but Europe’s going to be right there with them. It’s why the US is going to be on the leading edge of all these things and really charting the way forward.”

Watch the segment here.

2. 🚨 OFFICIALS RAID X OFFICES IN PARIS

French cybercrime investigators, backed by Europol, RAIDED X’s Paris office on February 3, according to the European Conservative. The raid follows a 2025 complaint by far-left MP Éric Bothorel alleging X’s algorithms could skew democratic debate.

Elon Musk called the raid “a political attack.” X Global Government Affairs also spoke out against the wrongful raid. X was previously handed a nine-figure fine for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA), but Vice President J.D. Vance quickly fired back, labeling the fines “garbage.” Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino are scheduled to appear at hearings in April.

The Trump administration has taken a strong stance against draconian EU regulatory policies, including efforts that chill speech. In May 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio took action to protect American Speech by introducing visa restrictions against foreign nationals who participate in the censorship of Americans.

The EU continues to try to export its radical governing ideas to the United States. The raid on X’s Paris offices crossed the line; the EU is striving to not only censor Europe but the rest of the globe, too.

3. 🔎 HOUSE GOP FINDS EU CENSORSHIP

House Judiciary Republicans have released a new report finding European censorship laws are THREATENING U.S. free speech online. The new report details closed-door meetings, “voluntary” codes, and DSA-driven rule changes that platforms applied globally, not just inside the EU.

According to the Hungarian Conservative, subpoenaed documents show EU officials repeatedly leaning on Big Tech to rewrite community guidelines and accelerate takedowns ahead of voting, touching contests from the 2023 Dutch elections to the 2024 European Parliament and national votes in France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, and Spain.

The EU’s censorship-by-regulation model threatens free speech and democratic accountability WORLDWIDE. We have known for years that Brussels was actively engaging in censorship to maintain control of EU member countries, and now Congress is putting receipts on the table.

🩸 EU REGULATIONS ARE BLEEDING AMERICAN TECH COMPANIES DRY

EU tech regulations like the Digital Markets Act are costing U.S. companies far more than previously acknowledged, according to a recent report.

Since 2018, a staggering 83% of all EU data privacy fines have been levied against American companies, totaling roughly $5.3 billion. Compliance with EU digital rules has proven even costlier, incurring fees of as much as $100 billion annually for U.S. companies in direct expenses and lost revenue.

Yet, for the EU, even that isn’t enough.

European leaders recently floated new legislation that would explicitly target U.S. firms by imposing special network fees, suggesting Brussels’ appetite for American tax revenue has only grown stronger.

Though substantial, EU fines to date pale in comparison to the potential future costs imposed by Brussels, which could cripple American tech entirely. According to Consumer Defense’s January report, EU legislation targeting digital service platforms could lead to an accumulated loss of $2.2 trillion in digital services revenue and $325 billion in R&D for U.S. companies by 2030.

Rather than fostering homegrown innovation, Brussels appears increasingly comfortable with erecting barriers to US tech companies wherever possible while extracting billions of dollars to subsidize domestic competitors at the same time.

Luckily for American companies, the Trump Administration has refused to stand idly by while they get taken advantage of. President Trump recently blasted the moves as “very unfair for our Tech Companies, and for the United States of America,” while Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has previously signaled that steel and aluminum tariffs will stay on the table until the EU finds a “balanced approach” that stops the unfair treatment of U.S. companies.

The time has come for Brussels to start negotiating a fair, balanced approach that stops treating its most important strategic partner as a source for revenue and refocuses Europe back on its own competitiveness crisis.