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Tech sectors AI, quantum, chips excluded from EU’s draft industrial law

By Matthew Newman ( February 28, 2026, 14:52 GMT | Insight) -- The scope of a draft EU bill to reduce the bloc’s strategic dependencies has narrowed, now excluding technology sectors such as advanced microchips, AI and quantum, to focus on electric vehicles, low-carbon metals and other clean-tech industries. The scope of the products and sectors included in the IAA, which also sets conditions for certain foreign investments in the bloc, has been contentious.The scope of a draft EU bill to reduce the bloc’s strategic dependencies has narrowed, now excluding technology sectors such as advanced microchips, AI and quantum, to focus on electric vehicles, low-carbon metals and other clean-tech industries....

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