a/symmetric: “Buy China” vs. “Buy America”
March 31, 2024Beijing has long used policies to favor domestic firms and disadvantage foreign ones
a/symmetric: Why China still can’t make ballpoint pens
January 26, 2024And what that means for its high-end machine tools ambitions
a/symmetric: The “latest front” in the US-China competition?
January 20, 2024The global industrial contest is being waged between supply chains, not discrete technologies.
This Is the Blueprint for China’s Industrial Strategy
March 17, 2023China's "single champions" and "little giants" programs fuel an industrial ambition that entails not merely acquiring dominant industrial capacity, but also establishing positions of leverage in key global supply chains.
Little Giants, Single Champions: China’s Blueprint for Asymmetric Industrial Advantage
March 16, 2023Chinese government programs to promote “single champions” and “little giants” have been under way since at least 2011. But they have received little international attention. This report seeks to resolve that deficit. The list of “single champions” and “little giants” constitutes a detailed operative blueprint of China’s industrial standing, ambitions, and strategy.
The Week That’s Done: February 5
February 5, 2023The EU goes head to head with the US on industrial policy, right when cooperation is most necessary. Plus, BP says that fossil fuels are out but US oil production surges and the world can't kick coal, China's pending export restrictions on solar and rare earth technology, and General Motors pushes ahead with investments in vertical integration. Plus: spy balloon.
A Four-Step Plan for Re-Industrialization
January 11, 2023The US needs to create the conditions in which companies see the advantage of investing in the United States. This piece outlines four steps to do so; a four-step, feasible, and immediate path toward American re-industrialization.
