In the context of climbing trade tensions and growing hybrid threats, the EU will soon publish its international digital strategy for Europe. “Technological competitiveness is an economic and security imperative for all aspirations for sustainable wealth and stability,” explains a version of April 9.
However, with regard to dominant actors such as the United States, “decoupling is unrealistic and cooperation will remain significant throughout the technological value chain,” said the project. He quotes China as well as Japan, South Korea and India as a country with which collaboration will also be essential.
The field for strategic technological alliances with countries sharing the same ideas – to associate with research and generate greater commercial opportunities for block companies – contrasts strongly with growing calls for evolution to protectionism.
For Europe, “business as usual is not an option,” wrote Marietje Schaake earlier this year. Schaake, a former Dutch liberal member of the European Parliament who is a leading voice on technology, called on the block to “end his debilitating dependence on American technological groups and to take concrete measures to protect himself from the growing dangers of this new geopolitical landscape fueled by technology”.
In Brussels, the idea of an “Eurostack” – an ambitious industrial plan to free oneself from the domination of American technology – is to gain steam, with key legislators throwing their weight behind the proposal.
The strategy project supports international engagement on critical technologies such as quantum and chips – such as “the growing complexity of semiconductor supply chains and geopolitical uncertainty require a tailor -made and specific approach to the country.” The EU rushed to repair, among other things, a risky dependence on China for low -technology fleas.
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