Letter calls on Ambassador Greer to prioritize Asian non-tariff barriers targeting US tech firms and the consumers who rely on them
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Choice Center (CCC) today led a coalition of 20 organizations in sending a letter to United States Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer, urging his office to prioritize discriminatory digital trade practices across Asia in forthcoming Section 301 investigations.
The letter highlights a growing pattern of foreign governments — including South Korea, Japan, India, and China — adopting EU-style platform regulations, imposing data localization mandates, and pursuing disproportionate enforcement actions that target American technology companies while shielding domestic and Chinese competitors.
These barriers ultimately harm the consumers who depend on American-built products and services for everything from artificial intelligence to e-commerce, cloud computing, and mobile apps.
Yaël Ossowski, Deputy Director of the Consumer Choice Center, released the following statement:
“Consumers around the world benefit when American technology companies can compete freely and fairly. When governments in Asia single out American firms for punitive regulation while giving their domestic competitors a free pass, it’s consumers who pay the price—through fewer choices, higher costs, and less innovation,” said Ossowski.
“What we’re seeing across Asia is an alarming pattern. Country after country is borrowing from the EU’s Digital Markets Act playbook to erect barriers that look like competition policy but function as digital protectionism. We applaud USTR for signaling its intention to address discrimination against U.S. technology companies through Section 301 investigations, and we stand ready to support these efforts across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.”
The full coalition letter is available [HERE] and found below.
Letter Signatories
Consumer Choice Center, 60 Plus Association, Advancing American Freedom, American Association of Senior Citizens, Americans for Tax Reform, Center for a Free Economy, Center for Freedom and Prosperity, Center for Individual Freedom, Digital Liberty, Frontiers of Freedom, Innovation Economy Alliance, Institute for Policy Innovation, James Madison Institute, Market Institute, Pelican Institute, Property Rights Alliance, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, Taxpayers Protection Alliance, Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity, and US-Asia Fair Market Alliance.
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