US-based technology companies are preparing their efforts to comply with and challenge areas of the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). According to the European Commission Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, Gerard de Graaf: "There will be litigation, no doubt." However, he added that he and the EU Commission's Silicon Valley office "would like a constructive discussion with the platforms rather than an adversarial discussion" while also acknowledging that "some of these concerns may need to be tested in court." While the exact date and location are yet to be announced, the EU Commission's San Fransico office will open in September. A spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the European Commission said: “We are essentially launching the EU’s digital diplomacy as yet another foreign policy tool to support our geopolitical role and our ambitions in the global technical power game.”
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