BRUSSELS, April 30 (Reuters) - Microsoft ( MSFT )

respects European laws including landmark legislation which

seeks to rein in the power of Big Tech, its President Brad Smith

said on Wednesday, putting the company at odds with the White

House which has criticised sanctions related to EU rules.

The European Commission triggered the White House's ire last

week after it meted out total fines of 700 million euros ($796.5

million) to Apple and Meta Platforms for breaching the bloc's

Digital Markets Act which sets out a list of dos and don'ts for

Big Tech.

"We understand that European laws apply to our business

practices in Europe, just as local laws apply to local practices

in the United States and similar laws apply elsewhere in the

world. This includes European competition law and the Digital

Markets Act, among others," Smith said in the text of a speech

in Brussels.

"We're committed not only to building digital infrastructure

for Europe, but to respecting the role that laws across Europe

play in regulating our products and services," he is expected to

say.

Smith also outlined plans to allay EU concerns about the

dominance of U.S. tech giants in cloud computing that have

prompted calls from some EU governments to restrict the

companies' role in lucrative government tenders.

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