“difficult-to-automate-processes” are the core domain for the Made in Europe Partnership - hence, they should be kept under the spotlight in the forthcoming actions

Europe risks lagging behind other main geopolitical areas in this regard. Urgent action is needed to fill the gap with our main technological competitors, which are aggressively funding R&D and manufacturing in these domains, i.e. through the Inflation Reduction Act. 

The establishment of circular value networks is a perfect fit for a EU-Funded action: it is challenging, complex and requires the collaboration of a very diversified and wide set of stakeholders, which probably would not find find enough incentive to target such an ambitious goal without public funding

Another domain where competition with other main geopolitical actors in the world will be crucial - who will own the the best technolgies for “doing more with less”?