Till Hoppe

Till Hoppe heads the Europe.Table team.He comes from the Handelsblatt, for the business newspaper he reported for four years as EU correspondent from Brussels.In the Berlin office, he initially wrote about the refugee crisis and arms mishaps, and later about industrial and digital policy. He studied political science in Leipzig and Berlin and graduated from the Georg von Holtzbrinck School for Business Journalists.

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Basically, everyone agreed: Berlin, Paris, the EU Commission and German industry supported introducing stricter subsidy controls for non-European companies. During its EU Council presidency, the French government ensured that the regulation on foreign subsidies was hurriedly passed last year. The new rules will enter into force on July 12 – but considerable anger is mounting.The […] continue reading →

The European Parliament and the Member States have resolved the remaining disputes over the Chips Act. The negotiators reached an agreement in the trilogue on Tuesday, particularly on the controversial question of funding. “By mastering the most advanced semiconductors, EU will become an industrial powerhouse in markets of the future,” Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton […] continue reading →

The Industry Committee in the European Parliament calls for strict provisions for the protection of intellectual property to be included in the Chips Act. That should please Washington – if the member states go along. continue reading →

The world’s largest chip contract manufacturer TSMC currently does not want to invest in a factory in Germany or Europe. There are no “concrete plans,” Chairman Mark Liu said yesterday at the company’s annual general meeting in Taipei. The company is still busy assessing the situation.The Taiwanese company has been in talks behind the scenes […] continue reading →

China is challenging Europe's decades-long supremacy in technical norms and standards, especially in emerging technologies. The EU Commission now wants to take countermeasures with a new strategy – and is taking its cue from Beijing. continue reading →