Sizing up the competition: asymmetries in the US-China tech contest
June 27, 2024The US and China are locked in a technology competition. Less well understood is how each side assesses the contours of and strategies for winning that contest. Yet any serious game plan must contend with the opponent’s view of the competitive landscape, or risk being outflanked and outplayed.
Competing for the Frontier: Benchmarking the US-China Technology Competition
June 27, 2024The US and China are locked in a technology competition. Less well understood is how each side assesses the contours of that contest, and the strategies for winning it. Yet any serious game plan must contend with the opponent’s view of the competitive landscape, or risk being outflanked and outplayed. In our new research report, we assess the current US-China competitive balance in the technology domain, and benchmark the two countries’ standing in the field.
How China sees the global energy competition
June 14, 2024To a greater degree than the US, China treats energy not only as a matter of security but also a competitive domain. For Beijing, energy is not merely a question of security: having sufficient energy supplies to meet demand. It is also a contested realm: one in and through which to project power, acquire leverage, and exact concessions.
Competing for Fuel: Benchmarking the US-China Energy Competition
June 14, 2024Both the US and China acknowledge that energy shapes global economic development and security – and, accordingly, assess their national power based on their energy status. This report seeks to assess the current US-China competitive playing field in the energy domain, benchmarking US and Chinese standing in the field.
Fireworks, the Fourth, and an Industrial Future
July 2, 2023It’s the Fourth of July, a day to celebrate the United States of America. The US was able to secure that independence, against all odds, in large part because it was able to support itself militarily and economically; because during the Revolutionary War, Washington and Congress doubled down on developing American manufacturing.
How America’s Aerospace Industry Built China’s and a Market-Based Solution
April 18, 2023China is positioning to squeeze international incumbents out of their markets – by leveraging their technology. Corporate leadership should be held accountable for a business model of self-destruction; footprints in and partnerships with China in strategic sectors should be treated as a liability.
The US and China Are in a Space Race: Who Is Counting Laps?
November 3, 2022As rhetoric around the US-China space race picks up, what does the competitive balance actually look like? The two country’s relative satellite capacity offers one angle in – and one where overall numbers tell only part of the story.
The US Is Vulnerable in Critical Minerals. But There Is a Solution.
October 24, 2022The US is at least 50 percent import dependent for 26 out of the 32 minerals that the 2022 US Geological Survey publishes data on, or 81.25 percent. Of those, China is the top source of US imports for 11, or 42.3 percent. Gallium underscores how severe this dynamic is.
Want to Fix Inflation? Fix Supply
October 20, 2022An effective response to inflation – and to the more systemic supply demand mismatch that threatens the US economy – requires investment in supply. This is a project for the private sector. But the private sector needs a push from Washington.
Free Exchange with China Is Not Free Trade
October 12, 2022China is not a free market. Free exchange with China is not free trade. This is a straightforward reality. It is also one that goes under-stated in American discourse – and that demands spelling out: The short-sighted insistence that free exchange with China is free trade threatens the basic assumptions, and architecture, of international free trade itself.
The American Public Thinks It’s Time to End China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations Status
September 29, 2022A July 2022 poll sponsored by Force Distance Times found that the plurality of likely voters favor ending China's Permanent Normal Trade Relations status (Most Favored Nation status), and 2-1 support among Republicans – all at the height of inflation. American public will backs this strategic opportunity in US-China competition.
