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Dated GeoSignal briefings on Europe. Read developments, assessment and source references in their original context.
On 25 June 2026, the Council completed the EU legislative process for two regulations implementing the tariff commitments in the 21 August 2025 EU-US Joint Statement, with the measures due to enter into force the day after publication in the Official Journal.
As of 28 June 2026, the European Commission had not yet made a final Digital Markets Act designation but had moved its cloud case forward by telling Amazon and Microsoft that AWS and Azure should preliminarily be treated as gatekeepers.
On 25 June 2026, the European Commission said preliminarily that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, moving the cloud case from investigation to adverse preliminary assessment but not yet to a final decision.
As of 27 June 2026, the European Commission had reached a preliminary view that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as gatekeepers for cloud computing under the Digital Markets Act, escalating a cloud-sector case opened in November 2025 without yet making a final designation decision.
On 25 June 2026, the European Commission said it had reached a preliminary view that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, advancing a cloud-sector case opened in November 2025 but stopping short of a final designation.
As of 26 June 2026, the European Commission had moved AWS and Microsoft Azure into a more advanced Digital Markets Act procedure by notifying Amazon and Microsoft of its preliminary view that the cloud services should be designated as gatekeepers, without making a final designation yet.
On 25 June 2026, the European Commission said it had reached a preliminary view that AWS and Microsoft Azure should be designated as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, moving the cloud cases from investigation toward possible designation but not yet imposing final obligations.
The UK confirmed operational details on 25 June for a steel import regime starting on 1 July 2026, implementing its March decision with tariff-free quotas 51% below the outgoing safeguard measure and a 50% tariff on covered imports above quota.
The European Commission said on 25 June that it had reached a preliminary position that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act, advancing a cloud-sector process opened in November 2025 into a more substantive compliance track.
