In just a few short months, the new government administration in the United States has thrown the world order into disarray. A potential global trade war, new global value chain configurations and shifting security alliances are reshaping geopolitics. Given the current uncertainty, access to developing technologies will be decisive, and technological sovereignty is more important for the European Union than ever before. How can the EU get up-to-speed? What steps can Europe take to ensure its technological sovereignty? How should it go about relations with China and the new Trump Administration with regards to its tech policy? What role does Big Tech play in European security?
© The Author(s) 2025
Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/
Open Access funding provided by ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
