US President Donald Trump's administration, amid a raging trade war, could cut off Europe's internet because the continent is nearly totally dependent on US cloud providers, experts say, reports Politico.eu.

"The idea that he [i.e. Trump] might order a kill switch or do something else that would severely damage economic interests isn’t quite as implausible as it might have sounded six months ago," said Zach Meyers, director of research at the CERRE think tank in Brussels.

Alexander Windbichler, the CEO of Austrian cloud firm Anexia, said he wished the “IT guys” like him had spoken up earlier about the “unhealthy dependency,” arguing that the European cloud industry has for too long avoided lobbying and politics in favor of focusing on technological competitiveness.

Earlier, Politico had reported that the European Union was preparing to focus on developing cooperation with the United States in the digital sphere, and recognizing the superiority of foreign technologies in such important sectors as cloud services, artificial intelligence (AI), and microchips.