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Henna Virkkunen, European Commissioner for Tech-Sovereignty, Security and Democracy gives a press conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

Video. EU launches major tech push to break US and China dependence

Updated: 03/06/2026 - 16:05 GMT+2

The EU is betting big on cloud computing and chips to reduce its technological dependence on the US and China, and to re-enter the global tech race. But whether it will succeed and how the two superpowers will react remain open questions.

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