Among the EU rebalancing options is a tax on digital advertising, which would hit U.S. giants like Alphabet Inc's Google, Meta , Apple , X or Microsoft and eat into the trade surplus in services the U.S. has with the EU. The bloc has a trade surplus with the U.S. in goods.

The heads of the European Union’s 27 member nations will meet Thursday in Brussels to discuss tougher sanctions on Russia , ways to prevent painful new U.S. tariffs, and how to make their voices heard in the Middle East conflicts .

The heads of the European Union’s 27 member nations will meet in Brussels to discuss tougher sanctions on Russia, ways to prevent painful new United States tariffs, and how to make their voices heard in the Middle East conflicts.