Clara Riedenstein
Picture a poker table. Someone across the table convinces you that your cards are bad. Eventually, you believe them and react accordingly: you are timid, don’t take big risks. Turns out, your opponents are tricking you. Your cards are better than you thought.
Europe finds itself sitting at this tech poker table. American and Chinese governments are convinced that the continent is weak and holds poor cards. But Europe enjoys more leverage than most think.
How it should wield these cards remains an open question. If the US threatens Europe, should it respond with equal threats — or would that cause more pain than gain? If China attempts to swamp the continent with products, will Europe lose more by retaliating than negotiating? While Washington may hold a “kill switch” over European data, Europe could respond by advertising a kill switch of its own.
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