Politico Europe: Even as Virkkunen was presenting the plan Wednesday, EU ambassadors meeting across the road were signing off on a Commission proposal for the EU to join Pax Silica, a new U.S.-led club aimed at securing artificial intelligence supply chains.
…Daniel Friedlaender, head of the Brussels office for tech lobby group CCIA, whose members include Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb, said the proposal “is effectively giving national capitals carte blanche to shut out trusted global vendors from every major technology-producing nation outside the Union.” …