Welcome to EU to Campus, the EPLO Podcasts for US students studying EU affairs.

This is Ryan Maylock from the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington, D.C.

And this is a second episode in our special edition series in collaboration with the Europe Desk of Georgetown University.

Our friends at the Europe Desk sat together with Member of European Parliament Andreas Schwab and spoke about big tech regulation.

EU lawmaker Andreas Schwab is the European Parliament's rapporteur of the Digital Markets Act.

Apart from the European Parliament's role in such an important legislative topic, this episode sheds light on the role of the rapporteur,

the European Parliament member responsible for handling a commission legislative proposal

both procedurally and as well as with regards to substance.

Enjoy listening.

And welcome to the Europe Desk.

My name is Iris Thatcher at the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University.

The regulation of big tech has become a hot topic in transatlantic relations over the last decade. With the EU's implementation of the general data protection regulation

or GDPR in 2018, and now the recent proposals of the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act,

the block is on a role in initiating standards for the protection of personal data and

regulation and competition for the digital arena. In this episode, we zoom in on the Digital Markets

Act in our conversation with Dr. Andrea Schwab, member of the German CDU and of the European

Parliament. He is the rapporteur for the Digital Markets Act, and in our conversation, he provides

insights on the specifics of the Act itself and in our conversation, he provides insights

on the specifics of the Act itself along with how EU-US cooperation can better improve

in the rapid evolution of technology.

Here's our conversation with Dr. Andrea Schwab.

Welcome to the Europe desk, Dr. Schwab.

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