Europe has to become No. 3 super-power besides China and the United States. Let's open our eyes, we are facing threats and we cannot rely anymore on the protection of the United States," Le Maire told reporters during an annual business conference in Cernobbio on Lake Como on Saturday.
The French minister said Paris had decided to invest 1.7 billion euros ($2.02 billion) more in defence this year and would like to see other European countries to do the same.
The minister also called other EU member states to invest and to deepen their single market to achieve technological independence from big overseas companies and third countries.
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Europe can no longer rely on US for protection | The Daily Star
Showing posts with label Global leadership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Global leadership. Show all posts
9/6/21
6/26/20
Germany: Do not assume US still aspires to be a world leader, Merkel warns
The rest of the world can no longer take it for granted that the US
still aspires to be a global leader and needs to readjust its priorities
accordingly, Angela Merkel has warned.
“We grew up in the certain knowledge that the United States wanted to be a world power,” the German chancellor said in an interview with a group of six European newspapers, including the Guardian.
“Should the US now wish to withdraw from that role of its own free will, we would have to reflect on that very deeply.”
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Do not assume US still aspires to be a world leader, Merkel warns | World news | The Guardian
“We grew up in the certain knowledge that the United States wanted to be a world power,” the German chancellor said in an interview with a group of six European newspapers, including the Guardian.
“Should the US now wish to withdraw from that role of its own free will, we would have to reflect on that very deeply.”
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Do not assume US still aspires to be a world leader, Merkel warns | World news | The Guardian
5/19/20
Power Shift: US awol from world stage as China tries on global leadership for size
When the UN security council and the G7 group
sought to agree a global response to the coronavirus pandemic, the
efforts stumbled on the US insistence on describing the threat as
distinctively Chinese.
There are other reasons
for the lack of collaboration in the face of a global crisis, but the
focus on labelling the virus Chinese and blaming China pursued by the US
secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, helped ensure there would be no
meaningful collective response from the world’s most powerful nations.
For
some US allies, the fixation on words at a time when the international
order was arguably facing its greatest challenge since the second world
war encapsulated the glaring absence of US leadership.
Read more at; US awol from world stage as China tries on global leadership for size | Coronavirus outbreak | The Guardian
5/18/20
US-China tech race: Beijing has strength to catch up with US lead - by Audrey Cher
The United States might be leading in some areas of its technology
race with China — but experts warn against the world’s largest economy
resting on its laurels, urging instead for cooperation with allies and
shifts in domestic policy.
Alongside trade war developments between the U.S. and China, both parties have been embroiled in growing competition to dominate various fields of next-generation technology, such as 5G networks and artificial intelligence.
5G refers to the latest mobile networking technology that promises super-fast download speeds and the ability to underpin critical infrastructure. That’s one reason why it is seen as crucial technology for both countries.
In the last few years, Beijing has laid out a number of plans it hopes will turn China into a world leader in various tech areas:
Alongside trade war developments between the U.S. and China, both parties have been embroiled in growing competition to dominate various fields of next-generation technology, such as 5G networks and artificial intelligence.
5G refers to the latest mobile networking technology that promises super-fast download speeds and the ability to underpin critical infrastructure. That’s one reason why it is seen as crucial technology for both countries.
In the last few years, Beijing has laid out a number of plans it hopes will turn China into a world leader in various tech areas:
- The country is currently gearing up to release a 15-year blueprint — known as “China Standards 2035” — that will outline its plans to set the global standards for future technologies.
- In 2017, China announced ambitions to become a global leader in the field of artificial intelligence by 2030.
- Five years ago, in 2015, Beijing unveiled a “Made in China 2025” plan to dominate global high-tech manufacturing.
3/30/20
Global leadership: US awol from world stage as China tries on global leadership for size | World news | The Guardian
Mike Pompeo labelling the virus ‘Chinese’ has added to lack of international cooperation.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/us-awol-from-world-stage-as-china-tries-on-global-leadership-for-size?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Firefox
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/us-awol-from-world-stage-as-china-tries-on-global-leadership-for-size?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Firefox
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