Technology companies could be shut out

An advisor to the European Court of Justice, Yves Bot has declared that the "safe harbour" agreement for transferring data between the US and EU is "invalid," because of concerns over US spying.

Do your worst 

Google and the EU are on a collision course over the trade bloc's anti-trust charges.

Prices will drop

A new global trade pact that removes tariffs on more than 200 bits of IT gear mean cheaper prices around the world. 

Dirty deeds done dirt cheap

The European Commission has opened two antitrust investigations into Qualcomm's possible abuse of its market dominance of semiconductors.

By mid-2017

The Latvian presidency of the EU has reached a provisional deal with the European Parliament on new rules to end mobile phone roaming fees by mid-2017

Anti-trust 

Europe's anti-trust chief has warned that Amazon is using its dominance to thwart rivals.

Ericsson's Patent war escalates

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson has send a tough massage to Apple as it extended its patent war against Jobs' Mob from the US to Europe.

Nice trade bloc you have there..  terrible if something happened to it

US tech giants have spent fortunes leaning on EU politicians to stop them from forcing them to pay tax or facing the music when it comes to their anti-trust schemes.

Now that the traditional one has failed

Do no evil, eh?