EU will not rip up tech rules for trade deal with Trump, senior official says

The EU will not rip up its tech rules in an attempt to reach a trade deal with Donald Trump, the bloc's most senior official on digital policy has said. Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission vice-president responsible for tech sovereignty, indicated the EU was not going to compromise on its digital rulebook to reach an agreement on trade with the US - a key demand of Trump administration officials. "We are very committed to our rules when it comes to the digital world," Virkkunen said in an interview with European newspapers, including the Guardian. "We want to make sure that…