European Union on collision course with Trump on Big Tech crackdown

The European Union’s multiyear clampdown on some of the largest American companies is set to force President-elect Donald Trump to decide which bothers him more: Europe or Big Tech.

In the coming months, Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc., and the X platform owned by Trump confidant Elon Musk, could face billions in fines or even mandatory divestment orders from dozens of separate ongoing EU investigations.