The EU Industrial Accelerator Act: Made in Europe?

6 March 2026

The EU's proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) would impose new obligations and restrictions on foreign suppliers and investors in certain energy intensive, automotive, net-zero technology and critical raw materials sectors. These include obligations for EU governments to buy or subsidise products that originate from the EU or its trading partners, and meet certain low carbon specifications, to exclude suppliers from certain countries from public tenders and to make (and obtain clearance for) foreign investments in partnership with EU investors and subject to various commitments to invest, employ and retain IP in the EU. The IAA would also introduce measures to boost investment in industrial manufacturing, through simpler permitting and "acceleration areas".

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