Japan followed suit, aligning its high tech export controls with those of the US and the Netherlands. China’s chip self-sufficiency push and the Micron ban illustrate the need for transatlantic alignment on tech export controls regimes. A transatlantic tech shield requires a new, united vision for export controls and enacting the reforms necessary to make it a reality. Building on the G7’s Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué, the upcoming TTC meeting should explicitly endorse a common transatlantic approach to tech export controls on China. Improve European export control governance: the EU should consider proposals to develop a new joint risk framework for bloc-wide export controls.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 20, 2023 13:47 UTC