Sanctions to Russia forbidding the import of dual-use technology have highlighted the importance of reliable supply chains and strategic autonomy in high-tech sectors. The quest for this digital sovereignty has led the EU to recently announce a Strategic Compass to better coordinate its capacity building in the physical and digital spheres. Brussels has also launched the European Chips Act to become a leading player in the semiconductor industry. Are these initiatives enough to better position the European Union in the global technological competition?

And above all, how do they define technological cooperation and competition with the United States? These questions became even more topical after the Trade and Technology Council’s second meeting last month, which could lay the foundations for transatlantic technological cooperation as opposed to tech autocracies.