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Silicon Valley is welcoming the election of Joe Biden as US president even as it girds for a series of battles over tech policy in Washington.
At the same time, the Biden campaign has cultivated ties with current and former tech personalities; and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has ties to the sector, including her friend Sandberg of Facebook and her brother-in-law Tony West, Uber's chief legal officer.
Biden aides have signaled support for "European-style privacy legislation" to govern how tech firms use personal data, but will likely face challenges with a Republican Senate majority, according to Atkinson.
Biden has signaled he would overturn Trump's orders limiting visas for skilled workers sought by technology firms, a major win for Big Tech.
Biden is likely to reverse the Trump move on "Decoupling" the US and Chinese economies, which will be a relief to the increasingly intertwined tech sectors of the two countries, said Atkinson.