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What Europe really needs is to launch an economic environment that can easily apply and fully leverage scientific discoveries.

Otherwise, any extra research will benefit China more so than Europe.

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ya it does seem like a good opportunity for US and Asian companies to get public sector research without even having to pay taxes for it. Europe really needs to build out the theory > applied science > product development > actually adding some value pipeline to make this have some impact longer term.

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