EU begins debate on economic security with eye on China

The European Union executive on Tuesday launched its bid to convince the bloc's 27 member states to agree to stronger controls on exports and outflows of technologies that could be put to military use by rivals like China. The European Commission sees exporting and sharing critical new innovations like artificial intelligence and quantum computing as a potential security risk, as it could allow know-how to leak to "countries of concern" looking to use them for military applications. It is set to present its European Economic Security Strategy, laying out its proposals to tackle the risks, on Tuesday. It wants to…