The US and EU have an opportunity to align their AI standards and export controls to ensure that democracies maintain the competitive edge and that supply chains are resilient and independent from China. Working together is the only way to win the AI race against China.

A coordinated semiconductor strategy is crucial to building market dominance and countering China’s chip ambitions. Aligning the design strengths of US companies with the chipmaking equipment dominance of European firms is economically strategic and essential for national security.

The EU is aware of its innovation challenges and knows what must be done to restore competitiveness. The EU’s Competitiveness Compass framework and scale-up fund are promising, but an overreliance on regulation and a renewed push for digital sovereignty could hold the continent back.

China has executed upon on decades-long strategy to achieve critical minerals dominance, creating significant chokepoints in the supply chain. The US and the EU need a forward-looking approach to reduce their dependencies.

Biotechnology has emerged as a critical national security concern and a pivotal frontier for economic growth and innovation. But it is not the US or Europe that is making the most of breakthroughs in synthetic biology or biomanufacturing — China is. China’s progress poses a direct challenge to Western technological primacy and could reshape global supply chains. The transatlantic partnership is critical to pool scientific talent and capital and to establish a unified approach to biotech standards and strategic investment that preserves democratic values.

Americans and Europeans have been coordinating on space since the Cold War. Coordinated transatlantic investments in satellite constellations, launch infrastructure, and space debris mitigation can support secure communications, navigation, and climate monitoring. It will be much more productive for the allies to work together to compete against Russia and China than to compete against one another.

Forward-thinking investment in novel technologies is essential to cornering the market. Europe and the US are investing billions in quantum computing, which could unlock solutions to currently unsolvable problems like drug development and fusion energy.

The free flow of data across the Atlantic Ocean is fundamental to tech innovation and strong economic security. Europe and the US should continue to prioritize secure data transfers and support data privacy.