Toward Decline
EU tech sovereignty may be ‘illusion’ as China, US dominate AI: Chinese expert
South China Morning Post Major outlet·2026-06-12TechnologyP5: Strategic DecouplingP7: Alliance ArchitectureP8: Northern Arc
Why it matters
China's strategic positioning in AI dominance and Trump-era opportunity to entrench supply dependencies signals accelerating technological decoupling risks for Australia and allied partners. EU failure to achieve tech sovereignty foreshadows similar decoupling pressures on Australia, eroding Pillar 5 (Decoupling) resilience and complicating AUKUS technology-sharing arrangements.
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