Europe urgently needs cohesion on ‘high-risk’ technology vendors

(Natasha Buckley, Jamie MacColl – Euractiv) The pushback by some European capitals against the proposed amendments to the EU’s Cyber Security Act is now well underway. Last week, reporting by Bloomberg suggested that government officials from Spain and Germany are resisting the EU Commission’s plans to remove Chinese “high-risk” technology vendors from Europe’s critical infrastructure. The proposed amendments, which would centralise powers within the Commission itself to assess, designate and restrict “high-risk” vendors in 18 sectors – an ambitious undertaking – will likely be challenging and costly for national governments to implement. In some strategic technologies, Chinese companies have surpassed their Western counterparts and sell superior products at a lower price. – Europe urgently needs cohesion on ‘high-risk’ technology vendors | Euractiv