The European Commission has stalled one of its investigations into Elon Musk’s X for breaking the bloc’s digital transparency rules, while it seeks to conclude trade talks with the US. Brussels was expected to finalise its probe into the social media platform before the EU’s summer recess but will miss this deadline, according to three officials familiar with the matter. They noted that a decision was likely to follow after clarity emerged in the EU-US trade negotiations. “It’s all tied up,” one of the officials added. The EU has several investigations into X under the bloc’s Digital Services Act, a set of rules for large online players to police their platforms more aggressively. The rules have become a flashpoint between Brussels and US Big Tech companies, backed by Donald Trump’s administration, which claim that the EU is unfairly targeting American firms and infringing freedom of speech principles championed by the Maga movement. Last year, Brussels found X was in preliminary breach of its regulations for deceptive design and insufficient access to data and transparency. The bloc can impose fines up to 6 percent of the platform’s yearly worldwide revenue, although penalties are expected to be set below that ceiling. The commission, which runs EU trade policy, has been negotiating to secure a trade deal with the US since April, when the US president announced so-called reciprocal tariffs on the bloc, originally set at 20 percent. They were then dropped to 10 percent to allow time for negotiations, before Trump over the weekend declared he would levy tariffs of 30 percent from August 1. The ongoing talks make all US-related decisions particularly politically sensitive, Brussels officials said, as no one wants to offend Trump and escalate transatlantic trade conflicts.