【英文】德国智库报告：欧洲各国对中国的依赖：认知与现实（175页）

英文研究报告 2022年05月13日 08:45 管理员

To protect the EU’s technological and industrial base, the Update defined fourteen ecosystems representing future-oriented technologies worth strengthening and protecting.44 Initiatives to cope with the twin transitions to a green and digital economy have been rolled out, for instance in lithium-ion batteries. A European Battery Alliance was launched in 2017, and a Strategic Action Plan for Batteries was developed in 2018. As many as fifteen gigafactories are to be built across Europe, and the EU is set to become the world’s second-biggest lithium-ion battery manufacturer after China by 2024.

New legislation for batteries, R&D spending, and a skilled workforce are to provide a favorable framework for battery initiatives within the EU, while batteries are also considered a priority in the EU’s strategy on standards of February 2022. In addition to the battery alliance, the EU has also rolled out or is exploring the establishment of industrial alliances in fields such as critical raw materials, clean hydrogen, circular plastics, industrial data, edge and cloud computing, as well as processors and semiconductor technologies.45 Furthering the EU’s technological sovereignty also requires fighting market distortions and trade asymmetries, as well as upholding environmental, social, and human rights standards. A list of instruments developed in this vein and in others is included at the end of this section.