Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union.
The European Commission will publish a list of some critical technologies tomorrow as part of efforts to bolster economic security and address the challenge of China’s rise. The catalog will be based on the transformative nature of the tech, their dual use or potential application to violate human rights. Discussions with member states will determine whether there’s a risk of vulnerability and what measures may be needed, including support, partnerships or protecting the technologies to avert possible leakage of know-how. The list will pave the way for the outbound investment screening tool that the EU is discussing and the US has already put forward to control some chips, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. These technologies are expected to be on the commission’s radar screen, too, as the most at risk, together with biotech, we’re told.
