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creators_name: Zúñiga, Nicholas
creators_name: Burton, Saheli Datta
creators_name: Blancato, Filippo
creators_name: Carr, Madeline
title: The geopolitics of technology standards: historical context for US, EU and Chinese approaches
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divisions: C05
divisions: C06
divisions: F48
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abstract: This article provides a review of the historical trends that are shaping global competition for standard setting in emerging technologies. Specifically, it explores how the traditional rule-makers of international standardization, namely the United States and Europe, are responding to the rise of China in standard-setting. The article argues that three polities are adapting their standard-setting strategies to shifting power dynamics in the international technology order. To preserve its competitive advantage, the US is becoming more interventionist and proactive in setting technology standards. China has developed a long-term standardization strategy to bolster its domestic industrial development, increase its influence and reap greater profits from the process of rule-making. Finally, the EU is seeking a third way that strikes a balance between competition and cooperation to preserve values like interoperability, which have historically benefited its single market and the global economy at large. Our historical review shows that, while the three polities have different priorities and face distinct challenges, they all seem to converge towards a greater role for governments in standard-setting.
date: 2024-06-17
date_type: published
publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae124
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
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elements_id: 2287258
doi: 10.1093/ia/iiae124
lyricists_name: Carr, Madeline
lyricists_name: Blancato, Filippo Gualtiero
lyricists_name: Datta Burton, Saheli
lyricists_id: MCARR21
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lyricists_id: SDATT23
actors_name: Datta Burton, Saheli
actors_id: SDATT23
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: International Affairs
article_number: iiae124
issn: 0020-5850
citation:        Zúñiga, Nicholas;    Burton, Saheli Datta;    Blancato, Filippo;    Carr, Madeline;      (2024)    The geopolitics of technology standards: historical context for US, EU and Chinese approaches.                   International Affairs      , Article iiae124.  10.1093/ia/iiae124 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ia%2Fiiae124>.       Green open access   
 
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