EU Seeks to Counter China’s Influence Over Global Standards
- Plan to leverage cooperation with U.S., like-minded nations
- Commission seeks to reduce excessive influence of companies
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The European Union is seeking to boost its role in standard setting for key digital and green technology amid concerns that China and some corporations are wielding “excessive influence.”
The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, is poised to unveil a strategy as soon as Wednesday aimed at ensuring the EU punches its weight in the international bodies where many of the specifications of global technology are thrashed out.