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Hey, what's news listeners.

It's Sunday, February 22nd.

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News Sunday, the show where

we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news by reaching out to our

colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what's happening in our world.

And this week, do foreign governments need American tech?

Last month, France ordered government workers to stop using teams, Zoom, Skype,

go-to-meeting, and WebEx, claiming that their proliferation had made France dependent on non-European actors.

And instead, government workers were to use a homegrown communication tool developed by the French state.

The move is just the latest example of a growing tech sovereignty trend

as countries seek to build their own digital technologies,

from communications platforms to AI systems, cloud networks, or even chips,

and reduce their dependence on the U.S.

private sector.

Coming up, we'll speak to the man leading France's digital sovereignty push and talk to

journal tech reporter Sam Schegner about what it could all mean for Silicon Valley.

Let's get right to it.

Well, the French state may be eager to cut the cord on Silicon Valley, but will digital

sovereignty actually become more than a slogan?

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