What happened in Brussels Two sweeping regulatory shifts have arrived simultaneously, and if you run a European company with any exposure to Chinese technology infrastructure, you are now caught between both of them. First: the EU's Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), proposed on 4 March 2026, introduces 'Made in EU' local-content requirements for public procurement and subsidies across strategic sectors. The headline number is a hard threshold — at least 55 percent of components must be manufactured within the EU to qualify. Miss it, and you lose access to public contracts and subsidy programmes. Second: Chinese organisations are now formally barred from participating in Horizon Europe — the EU's €93.5 billion research and innovation programme — specifically across the Health, Civil Security, and Digitalisation clusters. The ban covers artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, semiconductors, and biotechnology. It is in effect in 2026. Separately, a draft EU proposal released in January 2026…