1. 🇺🇸BRUSSELS IS TARGETING AMERICAN COMPANIES, TRUMP CAN STOP THEM

EU-US Forum Board Member Matt Mowers has a new op-ed in the Washington Examiner this week, making the case that President Trump can explicitly further protect American companies from EU overregulation by signing a targeted executive order.

Mowers argues that sweeping directives from Brussels, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), are a form of regulatory imperialism forcing burdensome supply chain audits and ESG compliance on global companies, threatening American businesses and global economic growth.

President Trump and his administration have already done serious work to push back and save American businesses, but more can be done. Mowers says the next move could be an Executive Order blocking the extraterritorial reach of these rogue regulations on American soil. President Trump has always put American workers and businesses first. This is the moment to make it official and ensure that unelected bureaucrats in Brussels never get to dictate how American companies operate.

Mowers writes, “Trump has the unique authority and the necessary leverage to shatter this trap. By signing a targeted executive order, the president can explicitly protect American companies by declaring that they do not have to comply with the extraterritorial demands of foreign directives.”

2. 🇫🇷 BARDELLA LEADS: THE FRENCH RIGHT MUST SEIZE THE MOMENT

The French political earthquake that the establishment feared is now showing up in the polls. According to a new Odoxa-Mascaret survey for Public Sénat, National Rally president Jordan Bardella is projected to win both rounds of France’s 2027 presidential election. Bardella commands a dominant 32% in the first round, nearly double the support of his nearest rival, former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe at 17%. In a head-to-head second round, Bardella defeats Philippe 52 to 48.

Making matters worse for the Macronist establishment: Philippe’s support has fallen four points since March, and far-left LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon is now breathing down his neck at 16%, threatening to knock the centrist out of the second round entirely. Macron’s political coalition is bleeding out, allowing an opening for the RN.

The French right must seize this moment. Macron will be term-limited out by 2027, the establishment is fracturing, and the voters are speaking clearly. A Bardella victory would mark a seismic shift not just for France, but for the trajectory of European politics writ large. The only question is whether the National Rally capitalizes now or lets the opportunity slip away through political miscalculation.

🚨BRUSSELS’ “TECH SOVEREIGNTY PACKAGE” THREATENS TO UPEND THE TURNBERRY TRUCE

When US and EU negotiators reached the Turnberry Truce last summer, the hope in Washington was that the deal would mark a turning point in the transatlantic trade relationship, which for years has been strained by ongoing friction over the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA). Yet, with the EU’s impending “tech sovereignty package” expected next week, Brussels is poised to jeopardize the truce and throw the broader trade relationship back into turmoil.

The damage already inflicted by the DMA and DSA cannot be overstated. American firms spend up to a collective $50 billion annually to comply with the DMA and DSA, assuming they allocate an estimated 2% of their global revenue – a shocking figure that doesn’t even account for the multi-billion-dollar fines Brussels has handed down under the same framework. Brussels hasn’t just stopped there, however. The EU is now preparing to issue the largest fine in the DMA’s history to Google for allegedly violating the regulation.

Brussels’ soon-to-be-announced “tech sovereignty package” effectively doubles down on the same logic guiding the EU’s digital regulatory framework. The legislation would install “Buy European” procurement mandates, shield European cloud providers and chipmakers from US competition, and embed new non-tariff barriers — effectively codifying discrimination against U.S. firms into the EU’s procurement and industrial strategy. This approach directly contradicts the Turnberry Truce’s core promise to eliminate precisely these kinds of obstacles.

As American companies contend with these regulations overseas, however, they maintain a key ally across the pond in President Trump, who has been a staunch critic of Brussels’ predatory regulations and has consistently defended US innovators from being taken advantage of. And luckily for the President, the US retains additional leverage. If the USTR’s Section 301 investigation into EU digital service taxes determines them to be discriminatory, for example, the U.S. Trade Representative will have the authority to apply proportional trade restrictions on Brussels.

The Turnberry Truce offered both sides an opportunity to stabilize the relationship, but if the EU insists on pressing forward with its “Tech Sovereignty” agenda, responsibility for the truce’s collapse will rest squarely with Brussels, not the US.