Midday press briefing from 28/07/2026
Exterior views of the European Commission Berlaymont building
ANNOUNCEMENT - Media arrangements
TRADE - China: Q&A
TRADE - USA: Q&A
TRADE - China: Q&A
TRADE - Russia: Q&A
Recorded cutaways
WAR IN UKRAINE / INTERNAL MARKET - 21st package of sanctions against Russia / Export of Irish alumina to Russia: Q&A
FOREIGN AFFAIRS - 21st package of sanctions against Russia: Q&A
FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Russian drones over Latvia and Romania: Q&A
FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Ukraine / Russia / Iran: Q&A
FOREIGN AFFAIRS - EU Special Representatives: Q&A
FOREIGN AFFAIRS - ICC EU airspaces restrictions: Q&A
SAFE - Italy / Ukraine: Q&A
DIGITAL SERVICE ACT - Media Social law in Austria: Q&A
AI ACT - Agenda: Q&A
SOCIAL MEDIA BAN- UK/US: Q&A
CRISIS RESPONSE - Wildfires in Europe / Civil Protection Mechanism: Q&A
UKRAINE FACILITY PLAN - Q&A
Midday press briefing from 28/07/2026
TRADE - USA: Q&A
Show transcript
I wanted to see if the Commissioner reacts to comments by US President Donald Trump last week after the fine against Google.
He threatened the EU with an immediate investigation.
Seeing Europe was treating the United States as a piggy bank and saying it will pay a high price for that. Thanks . Frederic, for your question.
We don't have any comment on this particular social media post.
What we can do is repeat the many things we said last week as regards the EU-US trade and investment relationship,
the importance of it,
and the crucial importance of both sides fully respecting their commitments under the EU-US joint statement.
I see Pietro has a question from Ramón.
Let's see if we can switch from one to the other. Hello, that is a question. Pietro, is it for all of? We're having questions for all of.
OK, I'll first check if there's other questions for Olof and please fix your connection because it's breaking up a bit and it's not super clear.
Other questions for Olof on trade matters, be it in the press room or from remote. Fin part, yeah, go ahead.
