IBM welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC). We believe the TTC is a unique opportunity for the EU and the US to forge global technology rules based on their shared values and their commitments to open markets and fair competition. The TTC has the potential to become an agile framework that will help the transatlantic partners drive technological innovation, economic growth and job creation, generate the trust and resilience that our interconnected economy needs, as well as create solutions for the energy transition.

To that end, IBM believes the EU and the US should prioritize collaboration in research and open trade in critical technologies such as semiconductors, AI, Cloud and Quantum.

Please find attached the full list of IBM's recommendations to the TTC.

Working Group 7: Export Controls

Existing multilateral export control regimes have not kept pace with the changing geopoliticallandscape. The U.S. and and EU should lead an effort to strengthen and refocus existing exportcontrol regimes to address dual-use technology transfers that support the growth of military ofnon-democratic countries. Priority should be given to strengthening multilateral controls in keyemerging technology areas, including quantum computing, AI, advanced robotics, semiconductortechnology, and facial recognition technology. However, given the limitations of consensus-based multilateral regimes like Wassenaar, the U.S.and EU should work with other like-minded allies (e.g. the UK, Japan, Australia, Canada) toestablish alternative export control regimes. For example, the Australia Group could serve as amodel for a more informal and flexible approach to export control coordination.