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The U.S. needs capable NATO allies and strong transatlantic cooperation, not only for keeping current and potential aggressors at bay, but also for reducing economic vulnerabilities, securing crucial value chains and paving the way for a green and digital transformation.
Today’s global security challenges call for more economic cooperation, more joint innovation, and more trade among allied and partner countries. As we head toward the NATO Summit in Washington next week, we must also work toward stronger economic cooperation between allies on both sides of the Atlantic.
In this era of new technologies and global supply chains, it is increasingly hard to disentangle security concerns from the economy, trade, technology and innovation. It matters who gets access to data flowing through our networks and essential machinery, and it is of great consequence who constructs our critical digital infrastructure. It is critical where we source our energy and critical materials as well; in Europe, we certainly have learned this the hard way over the last few years.
The protection of both our security and our values demands that we remain economically competitive on a global scale. In the long term, economic performance and security are closely interlinked: technological expertise and innovation are necessary for building state-of-the-art defense capabilities and resilience, both in cyber space and in the physical world.