Newly revealed documents show that trade officials in the Biden administration coordinated with European Union counterparts in shaping provisions of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) now being used to penalize U.S. tech companies, including Elon Musk’s X.

Documents unearthed by the Foundation for Freedom Online (FFO) expose how trade officials under the Biden Administration worked with their EU counterparts to craft the same statutes that are now being used to fine Elon Musk’s X.

The documents detail how the U.S. International Trade Administration and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative collaborated through the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council to develop shared policy priorities on digital regulations.

These priorities included provisions that mandate online platforms

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