Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The tech sector is fast becoming a battleground where the United States and china, the worlds great economic powers, are competing for power and influence. So where does that leave europe in the race to shape the digitalfuture . Well, my guest today is herman hauser, veteran European Tech pioneer and Venture Capitalist. Is europe failing to build its own tech champions . Herman hauser in new zealand, welcome to hardtalk. Nice to be on hardtalk. You are a renowned tech entrepreneur, and when we look at the global tech sector that we have today with vastly wealthy companies, vastly successful entrepreneur innovators who lead them, it is tempting to see all of this as an expression of raw and pure capitalism. Is that the way you see the evolution of the tech sector . Partially, yes. And of course, in america in particular, capitalism has brought about some of the most dominant Tech Companies in the
Year. Those are the main headlines here on bbc news. Now, its time for hard hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The tech sector is fast becoming a battleground where the United States and china, the worlds great economic powers, are competing for power and influence. So where does that leave europe in the race to shape the digitalfuture . Well, my guest today is herman hauser, veteran European Tech pioneer and Venture Capitalist. Is europe failing to build its own tech champions . Herman hauser in new zealand, welcome to hardtalk. Nice to be on hardtalk. You are a renowned tech entrepreneur, and when we look at the global tech sector that we have today with vastly wealthy companies, vastly successful entrepreneur innovators who lead them, it is tempting to see all of this as an expression of raw and pure capitalism. Is that the way you see the evolution of the tech sector . Personally, yes. Partially, yes. And of course, in america in particular, capitalism has brought ab
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