7 July 2026
Mr. Maroš Šefčovič
Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security
European Commission
Rue de la Loi 200 | B-1049 Brussels
Ms. Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy
European Commission
Rue de la Loi 200 | B-1049 Brussels
Ambassador Jamieson Greer
United States Trade Representative
Office of the United States Trade Representative
600 17th St. NW | Washington, DC 20508
Cc: Director-General, DG CONNECT | Director-General, DG TRADE
Re: Urgent Call for Concrete Action on the EU-US Digital Dialogue
Dear Commissioner Šefčovič, Executive Vice-Presidents Virkkunen and Ambassador Greer,
The Trusted Tech Alliance writes to you at a moment of genuine strategic consequence. The European Parliament’s approval of the implementing legislation for the EU-US trade framework is a meaningful milestone and creates real momentum for remaining negotiations. Yet, disputes over digital competition rules, divergent and uncertain regulatory scopes, impact, timelines and export controls remain. Against this background, we call for stability on both sides. We urge the EU and US to maintain momentum in advancing the objectives outlined in the trade framework and move forward quickly and concretely with an EU-US digital dialogue.
The Trusted Tech Alliance is a nonpartisan global industry coalition representing technology companies committed to strengthening security, innovation, and transatlantic and global cooperation through trusted technology.
The transatlantic technology relationship is one of the most consequential economic partnerships in the world, and one that has historically delivered most when both sides collaborate and invest in it actively. Tens of millions of jobs on both sides of the Atlantic depend on the supply chains, research partnerships, and commercial relationships that connect both economies.
Without a structured and substantive digital dialogue, we risk both entering a renewed period of escalating trade tensions and greater fragmentation of the rules governing the digital economy during unprecedented technological change and with profound risks to resilience and global innovation.
A principles-based dialogue is the only durable path
The Trusted Tech Alliance was founded on the recognition that technology policy, at its best, is not a zero-sum contest between jurisdictions. It is a shared endeavor grounded in transparent governance, secure development, independent assessment, open and resilient ecosystems, and the rule of law. These five principles should anchor a credible transatlantic digital dialogue.
We welcome the structured dialogue signalled by both Washington and Brussels. Both governments are committed to improving coordination among trusted allies and partners to strengthen AI supply chains through the Pax Silica initiative. But the trans-Atlantic dimension requires sustained, concrete bilateral engagement on digital policies. Concretely, we urge the EU and US to act on the following actions:
1. Formalize the digital dialogue channel. The trade framework’s reference to addressing digital trade barriers should be given institutional form: a dedicated, senior-level working group with a clear mandate, defined membership, and a published work program that drives towards outcomes. Ambiguity in mandate could lead to asymmetric application on both sides. The EU-US Cyber Dialogue should be restarted in parallel, with a results-oriented remit, structured industry input, and dedicated tracks on incident response and recovery, emerging technologies, and practical burden reduction.
2. Prioritize a Cybersecurity Mutual Recognition Agreement as the near-term flagship deliverable. The August 2025 joint statement explicitly committed both sides to negotiate a cybersecurity mutual recognition agreement – a commitment the Trusted Tech Alliance strongly supports and encourages the EU and US to promptly pursue. With members on both sides of the Atlantic, the Trusted Tech Alliance recognizes that a cybersecurity MRA would simultaneously reduce the compliance burdens placed on companies while managing serious incidents across both regulatory environments simultaneously. As such, TTA urges a cybersecurity MRA that delivers a verifiable, principles-based approach — grounded in security, transparency, resilience and independent oversight — that will serve both competitiveness and collective security.
3. Work towards a risk-differentiated framework for evaluating technology and technology suppliers. As the EU and US develop frameworks for trusted and secure digital infrastructure, it is vital that these remain rooted in, and proportionate to, assessments of actual risk, based on objective criteria. Whether this is applied to specific technologies, or supply chains, criteria should be capable of reflecting the use cases for technologies, the larger geopolitical landscape and related risk factors, long-standing patterns of cooperation among likeminded partners and mutual reliance and the nature of threats to security and resilience.
Our commitment to this process
The Trusted Tech Alliance and its members are ready to contribute substantively to these critical efforts in support of a stable and predictable regulatory environment. We can provide technical input on cybersecurity mutual recognition frameworks, support Pax Silica collaboration, and collaborate on policies to advance resilient and trusted technology supply chains.
We believe that progress on a workplan of this scope would signal that the EU and the US can and will collaborate in defining the global technology landscape and embed that intent in a set of practical, substantive outcomes that support technology trade and global interoperability, protect technology system integrity and help unlock trans-Atlantic technology investment flows in both directions.
Yours sincerely,
The Trusted Tech Alliance
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