Will the Trump victory get Europe off Apple’s back? – Computerworld

It’s hard to tell; after all, most people have become cynical about politicians and the promises they make (and later break) on the campaign trail. We don’t know yet whether the next Trump administration will keep promises made on the way to the White House, or just cherry pick those it wants to keep and ignore the rest.

If the new government does choose to support American tech business against what Republicans might see as overreach by the EU “deep state,” then the next time Europe decides to take a few billion from Cupertino things might not go quite so easy.

When the gloves are off, what happens?

While it is understandable that Europe desperately wants to blunt foreign behemoths in the tech sector in a strategic attempt to support the growth of its own players in that space, it is possible that plan may fail. After all, as events in Valencia, Spain, suggest, Europe has other problems.