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Hamilton Center on Industrial Strategy

ITIF’s Hamilton Center promotes a practical approach to competitiveness policy that enables U.S. technology leadership in global markets. The Hamiltonian agenda entails more than just increasing economic inputs and factor conditions that are broadly conducive to innovation and growth. Policies must directly enable firms in America to lead in advanced technologies and industries that are strategically important for economic and national security... (More.)

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How Innovative Is China in Nuclear Power?

How Innovative Is China in Nuclear Power?

Though China built upon a foreign base of technology, it has become the world’s leading proponent of nuclear energy. Chinese firms are well ahead of their Western peers, supported by a whole-of-government strategy that provides extensive financing and systemic coordination.

America Needs Big Tech to Beat Big China

America Needs Big Tech to Beat Big China

Neo-Brandeisians have launched a campaign to discredit the argument that breaking up or shackling America’s large technology multinationals would be a boon for China. But they’re wrong.

A Transatlantic G2 Against Chinese Technology Dominance

A Transatlantic G2 Against Chinese Technology Dominance

Alone, America cannot stem Beijing’s rise in advanced industries. We need a new pact with Europe. Its objective should be to refuse to surrender to technological domination by the CCP. Being pioneers of the green transition will not be enough.

National Developmentalism: The Alternative to Neoliberalism and Neo-New Dealism

National Developmentalism: The Alternative to Neoliberalism and Neo-New Dealism

Neoliberalism’s deficiencies are clear. To address the challenges America now faces, policymakers should adopt the doctrine of national developmentalism and not allow economic policy to swing back toward a revised New Dealism, as it is now doing.

The Hamilton Index, 2023: China Is Running Away With Strategic Industries

The Hamilton Index, 2023: China Is Running Away With Strategic Industries

China now dominates the strategically important industries in ITIF’s Hamilton Index, producing more than any other nation in absolute terms and more than all but a few others in relative terms. Its gains are coming at the expense of the United States and other G7 and OECD economies, and time is running short for policymakers to mount an industrial comeback.

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Events

October 24, 2023

Securing Our Future: A Framework for Critical Technology Assessment

Please join ITIF, The Hamilton Project at Brookings, and the National Network for Critical Technology Assessment in a press release and showcase event launching the release of the report, Securing America’s Future: A Framework for Critical Technology Assessment.

April 27, 2023

Reviving America’s Hamiltonian Tradition to Win the Economic Competition With China

Please join ITIF for an all-day conference with leading experts and policymakers to explore why and how Washington can look to Hamiltonianism for guidance in how to win the techno-economic contest with China.

November 28, 2022

How Updating a Century-Old Trade Law Could Limit China’s Ability to Profit From Unfair Trade Practices

Watch ITIF's briefing event featuring Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and an expert panel of current and former U.S. trade officials who discussed how to limit China’s ability to profit from its predatory trade practices.

September 15, 2022

A New Frontier: Leveraging U.S. High-Performance Computing Leadership in an Exascale Era

Watch ITIF's event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building (SD-562) as it released a new report exploring the promise of HPC in the exascale era, examining some of the latest cutting-edge applications of HPC, and articulating steps policymakers should take to keep the United States at the leading-edge of this highly globally competitive, yet truly foundational information technology.

January 11, 2022

What a National Strategic-Industry Policy Should Look Like

ITIF hosted a discussion of what a robust national strategic-industry policy should—and should not—entail.

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Robert D. Atkinson
Robert D. Atkinson

President

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

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Stephen Ezell
Stephen Ezell

Vice President, Global Innovation Policy, and Director, Center for Life Sciences Innovation

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

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David Adler
David Adler

Economics Author

“Inside Operation Warp Speed: A New Model for Industrial Policy”

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Ben Armstrong
Ben Armstrong

Research Scientist

MIT Industrial Performance Center

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William B. Bonvillian
William B. Bonvillian

Former Director

MIT Washington Office

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Michael Brown
Michael Brown

Partner

Shield Capital

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Erica Fuchs
Erica Fuchs

Professor, Engineering and Public Policy

Carnegie Mellon University

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration

Harvard Business School

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Sridhar Kota
Sridhar Kota

Herrick Professor of Engineering

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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Brad Markell
Brad Markell

Executive Director

AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council

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Jack Shanahan
Jack Shanahan

Lieutenant General, Retired.

United States Air Force

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Willy C. Shih
Willy C. Shih

Professor of Management Practice

Harvard Business School

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Carroll Thomas
Carroll Thomas

Director

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

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More From the Center

July 2, 2024|Blogs

Airbus CEO Indicts Wrong Global Trade Villain

Only a full commitment from the European Union and United States can counter China's economic predation and preserve a market-based system. Criticism that doesn't include China's subsidization, IP theft, and product dumping isn't serious.

June 18, 2024|News Clips

China's Advanced Nuclear Boom Overtakes U.S.

Axios reports that the U.S. has fallen behind China in advanced nuclear industries, per a new ITIF analysis.

June 17, 2024|News Clips

China is Beating the U.S. on Nuclear Power By More Than a Decade, Report Says

Quartz reported that China's systemic and organizational innovation is driving its rapid advancement in nuclear power, as detailed in Stephen Ezell's latest report on China's ability to innovate in the sector.

June 17, 2024|News Clips

US Nuclear Power Set for a Boost as China Rises

Politico reports Congress is set to pass a bipartisan bill to speed up licensing for new nuclear technology, marking the most significant federal support in 20 years. The urgency is fueled by China's competitive edge in developing next-generation reactors.

June 17, 2024|News Clips

US Playing catch-up with China over new-gen nuclear power

FDi Intelligence reported the US, with its aging nuclear reactors, is lagging behind China in developing small modular reactors (SMRs), key for climate goals. Russia dominates as the sole supplier of enriched uranium for SMRs. This puts US efforts to revive its nuclear industry at a disadvantage against aggressive moves by Russia and China.

June 17, 2024|News Clips

U.S. As Many As 15 Years Behind China on Nuclear Power, Report Says

Reuters covered Stephen Ezell's report on China's rapid advance in nuclear innovation, and the implications that their rise entails.

April 15, 2024|Reports & Briefings

How Innovative Is China in the Chemicals Industry?

China is leading in chemical production, especially basic chemicals. And while it is currently lagging behind on innovation—especially in more complex fine chemicals—all signs suggest it will catch up with the global leaders within the next decade or two.

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