International | Connective action

The war in Ukraine is spurring transatlantic co-operation in tech

Talks are bound to get trickier once attention turns back to China

|BERLIN AND SAN FRANCISCO

A COMMAND CENTRE to scan the digital realm for global disinformation campaigns. Standardised plugs for electric cars that will work both in America and in the European Union (EU) and so lower the cost of building the infrastructure needed to decarbonise. A transatlantic team to scout for attempts by China and others to manipulate global technical standards in their favour. These sorts of initiatives sound like common sense, but they are difficult in a world where even allies have competing regulators, vying for technological dominion. Happily, a transatlantic diplomatic undertaking that most people have never heard of is trying to change all that.

This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Connective action”

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