Sept. 25 (UPI) — Apple released a statement on the effects of the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act saying the law puts Apple users in the European Union at a disadvantage and that it could prevent the company from selling its products there.

Apple’s statement on Wednesday listed in detail why it believes the DMA causes harm to users as well as Apple itself. Chiefly, the DMA requires Apple to make its apps available on other markets and to other devices as well as allow other apps on its App Store, which Apple said causes increased security and privacy issues.

The DMA became law in November 2022. It says that companies must make digital markets more open and fair. The EU called for a review of the legislation that was designed to control the monopolistic power of large tech companies in their search engines, app providers and messaging services.

For example, the DMA requires that Apple users be able to use other brands of headphones besides those made by Apple. Apple said this has delayed the launch of Live Translation in the EU because of a threat to user privacy.

“We designed Live Translation so that our users’ conversations stay private — they’re processed on device and are never accessible to Apple — and our teams are doing additional engineering work to make sure they won’t be exposed to other companies or developers either,” the statement said.

With iPhone mirroring, users can see and interact with their iPhones on their Macs. But “our teams still have not found a secure way to bring this feature to non-Apple devices without putting all the data on a user’s iPhone at risk. And as a result, we have not been able to bring the feature to the EU,” Apple said.

Apple also alleged unfair competition and the ability of other companies to steal its technology.

“Instead of competing by innovating, already successful companies are twisting the law to suit their own agendas — to collect more data from EU citizens, or to get Apple’s technology for free,” it said in the statement.

Apple and the EU have clashed for years. In July, Apple appealed a $580 million fine that the EU levied against the company for DMA violations.

In August, President Donald Trump used tariffs to threaten retaliation for rules that affect American tech companies, though he didn’t specify which countries.

“I will stand up to Countries that attack our incredible American Tech Companies. Digital Taxes, Digital Services Legislation, and Digital Markets Regulations are all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American Technology. They also, outrageously, give a complete pass to China’s largest Tech Companies. This must end, and end NOW!” he said on Truth Social.