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Brad Smith: “We respect the fact that European governments will make…”

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Microsoft's Brad Smith on digital resilience during geopolitical volatility

Published | Video Starts at 40:09

So, so what is the space there for you when the European Union writ Large is moving towards a more interesting word, Europe centric view of how they want to do business. Well, I would offer three thoughts. The first is, look, We respect the fact that European governments will make their own decisions and we don't get a vote, but we will adapt and we'll be supportive of whatever they decide. because we definitely need a technology ecosystem in which people can interoperate with each other's services, people can collaborate and support each other, but we respect that other people will, will make these decisions, not us. (40:09–40:37)

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