Foreign governments are padding their treasuries by imposing massive fines on American tech companies—and it’s coming at the expense of U.S. competitiveness.

Labor-displacing technology can cause temporary pain, but that reflects progress. Suppressing it won’t protect workers; it’ll sacrifice productivity and growth.

Facial recognition has legitimate workplace uses, including identity verification and safety, that blanket restrictions could undermine. Policymakers should regulate how employers use biometric data rather than restrict the technologies that collect it.

Major agreements, new participants, and key diplomatic and industrial milestones in the U.S.-led Pax Silica initiative, which aims to secure global supply chains that underpin AI and other advanced technologies.

China is not only investing more in innovation but also becoming better at turning those investments into technologies with commercial potential. To maintain its technological leadership, the United States should strengthen its entire innovation pipeline, from research to commercialization.

Just four percent of Chinese critical technology patents were filed by state-owned enterprises or the government, while more than half were filed by private firms. Another 27 percent were filed by universities. In comparison, only 3.3 percent of all critical technology patents in the United States were filed by universities.

Arbitrary funding cuts and increased political involvement in grantmaking will further weaken an already less productive U.S. science system. Policymakers should pursue reforms that enable researchers to generate more breakthroughs and strengthen U.S. competitiveness.

Age verification isn't a silver bullet for protecting kids online. Congress' competing proposals each solve some problems while creating others, underscoring the need for a balanced national approach.

The U.S. economy runs on data centers, regardless of AI, and policymakers should not hold back AI adoption because of fears (reasonable or overblown) about water use. There are good solutions, if policymakers adopt them.

China was the world’s largest investor in productive capital in 2024, investing $11.9 trillion when adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP), equivalent to 31 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). In comparison, the United States invested just $5.1 trillion, or 17 percent of GDP.