European Union e khothalelitse hore basebetsi ba eang United States ba sebelise lisebelisoa tsa elektroniki tsa bohlokoa feela ho fokotsa kotsi ea bohloela, ho latela litlaleho tsa morao-rao. Ntlafatso ena ea liprothokholo tsa maeto e hlaha molemong oa likhohlano tse ntseng li eketseha tsa khoebo lipakeng tsa Brussels le Washington mabapi le keketseho ea litefiso tsa US.
Litlaleho li bontša hore Komisi ea Europe (EC) e sebelisitse melaoana ena e mecha bakeng sa basebetsi ba tlang libokeng tse tlang tsa Letlōle la Lichelete la Machaba le Banka ea Lefatše. Ba boholong ba ’nile ba eletsoa hore ba nke mehala ea mollo—lisebelisoa tse lefelloang esale pele tse sa amaneng le boitsebiso ba tsona—le lilaptop tse nolofalitsoeng tse nang le boitsebiso bo fokolang. Ho phaella moo, ba laetsoe ho koala lisebelisoa tsa bona le ho li boloka ka matsoho a khahlanong le ho beha leihlo ha ba fihla United States.
Liprothokholo tsena tse ncha li ts'oana le tse kentsoeng ho etela Ukraine le China ka lebaka la matšoenyeho mabapi le ho beoa leihlo ho tsoa ho ts'ireletso le lits'ebeletso tsa bohlale tsa Russia kapa tsa China, ho latela mehloli.
European Commission e netefalitse hore e ntlafalitse tataiso ea eona ea maeto, leha e sa qaqise liphetoho tse itseng.
Ketso ena e latela phatlalatso ea Mopresidente oa Amerika Donald Trump mabapi le litefiso tsa 'Letsatsi la Tokoloho' pejana khoeling ena, moo a ileng a kenya tšebetsong mosebetsi oa 20% oa ho reka thepa e tsoang kantle ho naha ho tsoa EU, ho kenyelletsa le litefiso tse teng tsa 25% tsa tšepe le aluminium. O ile a qosa European Union ka ho rua molemo ka leeme mosebetsing oa 39% oa thepa ea Amerika. Le hoja Trump hamorao e ile ea emisa keketseho ka nako ea matsatsi a 90, lekhetho la motheo la 10% le ntse le sebetsa.
European Union e ile ea nyatsa ketso ena mme ea lumela ho ipehela litefiso tsa eona ho lihlahisoa tsa Amerika, leha e boetse e khethile ho liehisa qeto ena molemong oa lipuisano tsa tumellano e ncha ea khoebo le United States. Leha ho le joalo, EU e hlokomelisitse hore e ka iphetetsa ka litefiso tse lebisitseng lik'hamphani tse kholo tsa theknoloji tsa US tse kang Meta le Google haeba lipuisano li sa atlehe.
Khohlano pakeng tsa EU le US e fetela ka nģ'ane ho litaba tsa khoebo. Litšokelo tsa Trump tsa ho tlosa litiiso tsa ts'ireletso tsa US ntle le haeba EU e eketsa chelete ea eona ea NATO e lebisitse ho ts'ebetsong ea sesole ho pholletsa le bloc khoeling e fetileng. Ntle le moo, Brussels e bontšitse pherekano ka lebaka la ho kopana ha Tsamaiso ea Trump le puso ea Putin ho la Moscow.