China’s rapid technological development has put tremendous pressure on the United States to remain competitive in strategically important industries. Rob and Jackie sat down with Matt Turpin to discuss what the United States has done so far to face the China challenge and what future policies should look like. Turpin is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and has served as the National Security Council’s director for China and as the senior advisor on China to the Secretary of Commerce.

Mentioned:

• James Fallows, “China’s Great Leap Backward,” The Atlantic, December 2016.
• Rob Atkinson, “Weaving Strategic-Industry Competitiveness Into the Fabric of U.S. Economic Policy” (ITIF, February 2022).

Related:

• David Moschella and Rob Atkinson, “Competing With China: A Strategic Framework” (ITIF, August 2020).
• Rob Atkinson, “The Case for Legislation to Out-Compete China” (ITIF, March 2021).
•  “How China’s Role in Technology Development Affects the United States and the World, With Sam Olsen,” ITIF Innovation Files podcast, February 2022.