EU’s Ribera escalates war of words with US FTC over Big Tech rules
By Nicholas Hirst and Khushita Vasant ( September 22, 2026, 07:53 GMT | Comment) -- The EU’s competition boss Teresa Ribera went to the US with a message of cooperation. But in an interview with MLex she voiced her frustration at having to explain the Digital Markets Act “once and again” to US enforcers, including the head of the Federal Trade Commission, who has repeatedly criticized the EU’s digital gatekeeper regulation in recent weeks. She also said the EU may need to go it alone in remedying concerns over Google’s adtech business.There is something “fundamentally surprising” about the head of the US Federal Trade Commission’s repeated criticism of the EU’s competition rules for the tech sector, according to his European counterpart Teresa Ribera. ...
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