The European Union and Brazil have signed a digital partnership agreement to jointly reduce dependence on American technology.

Foreign Media: The EU and Brazil have signed a digital partnership agreement, aiming to deepen bilateral relations and reduce dependence on American technology.

Henna Virkkunen, the EU Commission's lead for science and technology, stated during the Web Summit in Rio de Janeiro that cooperation will cover areas such as data, interoperability, cybersecurity, and child protection. With this agreement, Brazil becomes the fifth country—after Canada, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore—to engage in digital collaboration with the EU.

Virkkunen emphasized that Brazil and the EU share common values including open markets, technological security, and rule-based order. She pointed out that the EU is striving to reduce its critical reliance in chip manufacturing and cloud services. Currently, three American tech giants—Amazon, Google, and Microsoft—control around 70% of Europe’s cloud market share, raising concerns about potential "service cutoff" risks. In response, the EU has recently launched a comprehensive technology sovereignty initiative to support the development of domestic industries such as cloud computing.

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