<div>Critical technologies including artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum computing are gaining increasing attention due to their strategic importance and indispensable role in national security. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan invites Alicia García-Herrero and Claudio Feijóo to look into how the world’s three leading global economies, China, the US and the EU, are advancing in these cutting-edge sectors. Which economies are leading in specific subfields? How quickly are these technologies being translated into real-world applications?

<strong>Relevant publications:</strong>
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<li>García-Herrero, A., M. Krystyanczuk and R. Schindowski (2025) ‘<a href="https://www.bruegel.org/working-paper/radical-novelties-critical-technologies-and-spillovers-how-do-china-us-and-eu-fare">Radical novelties in critical technologies and spillovers: how do China, the US and the EU fare?</a>’, Working Paper 07/2025, Bruegel</li>
<li>García-Herrero, A., M. Krystyanczuk and R. Schindowski (2025) ‘<a href="https://www.bruegel.org/working-paper/which-companies-are-ahead-frontier-innovation-critical-technologies-comparing-china">Which companies are ahead in frontier innovation on critical technologies? Comparing China, the European Union and the United States</a>’, Working Paper 08/2025, Bruegel</li>
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