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Industrial instruments
The EU is deciding how far to go on industrial preference. For each policy area, pick the option closest to your instinct
1. Subsidies
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1. Subsidies
A
Significantly increase EU-level subsidies
B
Hold current levels, improve disbursement speed
C
Reduce subsidies, rely on private investment
2. Tax and regulatory incentives
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2. Tax and regulatory incentives
A
Push for an EU-wide tax incentive
B
Keep incentives at member state level but coordinate better
C
No need for additional incentives
3. Scaling procurement
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3. Scaling procurement
A
EU level procurement for critical technology and critical infrastructure
B
Coordinated EU-level procurement among MS
C
No coordinated procurement
4. Public procurement
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4. Public procurement
A
Security & Resilience as weighted criteria across all public procurement
B
Weighted criteria only for sensitive sectors
C
Keep price as the primary criterion
5. Entity governance
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5. Entity governance
A
Support ownership caps and mandatory Joint Ventures for critical sectors
B
Implement separate legal entity criteria (EU management, data residency, IP safeguards)
C
Oppose any measures
6. FDI screening
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6. FDI screening
A
Single EU agency that screens and can block
B
EU agency for screening, but member states keep blocking power
C
Keep as is (27 national mechanisms - only coordinated at EU level
7. Ban list and entity restrictions
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7. Ban list and entity restrictions
A
EU-wide ban in key sectors
B
Give power to EU to do Ban Entity List (similar to US)
C
Keep as is
8. Trade defence and export controls
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8. Trade defence and export controls
A
Develop autonomous EU export controls and retaliatory capacity
B
Use existing tools more assertively with better coordination
C
Status quo
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