But Zaharieva, who visited Silicon Valley last week, he stressed that the bloc should still pursue close cooperation with its partners on the other side of the Atlantic.
“In a geopolitical environment, you see how fragile supply chains are, but also very complex,” he said.
The commissioner noted that the EU has been pursuing a strategy of cooperation with “like-minded countries” through free trade agreements, among them India and the Mercosur bloc of South American nations.
“This does not mean closing our economy,” he said.
Tech relations between Brussels and Washington have grown tense over the past year, with US President Donald Trump’s administration and tech executives slamming the European Union’s tech rules, which they claim impose regulations and unfairly target US companies.
Zaharieva offered a different perspective on the transatlantic relationship, saying some US tech executives like Jensen Huang, CEO of AI chipmaker Nvidia, still see value in working with Europe.
