Moderated by Carsten Knop, Editor-in-Chief of digital products at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, this panel brought together Axel Voss, member of the European Parliament; Li Xin, Managing Director at Caixin Global; and Andrew Keen, author of How to Fix the Future. In a lively debate, the panelists discussed the future of Europe in the digital world, in particular in competition with the United States and China
“If we continue to work like this, we will become the digital colony”, said a concerned Axel Voss. While Europe has spent many years working on data protection and cybersecurity, Axel Voss called for the construction of “a digital single market strategy 2.0.” Andrew Keen disagreed, saying that the real goal ahead should be doing things differently and focusing on Europe’s existing strengths. “It’s not about competing with the Chinese and the U.S., because you will lose.”
Li Xin presented a Chinese perspective. “There is very strong potential from China to collaborate with Europe,” she said. “The U.S. and China are not on good terms, this will prompt China to look for more ways to work together with Europe.”
