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EU deepens Brazil ties, seeks less reliance on US tech<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/eu-deepens-brazil-ties-seeks-less-reliance-us-tech-2026-06-11\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. RIO DE JANEIRO, June 11 (Reuters) – The European Union and Brazil are signing a digital partnership, as the bloc seeks to deepen ties with more countries \u200band reduce its reliance on U.S. technology, Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission \u200ctech chief, said on Thursday.The partnership will focus on cooperation in areas such as data, connectivity, cybersecurity, and the protection of minors, Virkkunen, European Commission’s executive vice-president for tech sovereignty, security and \u200bdemocracy told reporters on the sidelines of the Web Summit in Rio. Sign up here.”That \u200bis something that we want to do with our trusted partners,” she \u2060said. “Create better opportunities for businesses on both sides, especially now that we have \u200bthe Mercosur trade agreement with Brazil.”Earlier this year, the European Union and South American bloc \u200bMercosur, comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, formally signed a free trade agreement, opening up one of the world’s largest free-trade zones.Brazil will now become the fifth country to cooperate with the \u200bEuropean bloc on digital issues, joining Canada, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.Virkkunen is \u200bset to meet Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin later on Thursday, and continue meetings in Brazil’s \u200ccapital, \u2060Brasilia, on Friday to sign the agreement.”Brazil is a country which shares very much the same values as the European Union,” Virkkunen said. “So Brazil is committed to open markets, to secure technologies, also to a rules-based order,” adding that the EU \u200baims to work together \u200bto create human-centric \u2060technologies.The EU, she said, wants to build partnerships because it knows no one can stay competitive alone. At the same time, \u200bit is working to reduce dependence in key areas such \u200bas chip \u2060manufacturing and cloud services, to avoid what she called “the kill switch element to our services.”The European Commission has just launched a tech sovereignty package with measures to bolster the EU’s \u2060home-grown \u200btechnology, including its cloud services.She said the initiative \u200bcomes as Europe relies heavily on three U.S. giants, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, which together control about 70% \u200bof its cloud market.Reporting by Luciana Magalhaes in Rio de Janeiro
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