Policy Solutions to Non-Tariff Attacks on U.S. Technology Leadership

Governments around the world in recent years have deployed a wide range of policies that constitute non-tariff attacks (NTAs) on America’s leading technology companies. These attacks represent a new category of trade barriers that traditional frameworks fail to adequately address. Unlike conventional tariffs or standard non-tariff barriers (NTBs), NTAs may be disguised as conventional domestic regulations, but they are in fact designed to weaken specific U.S. firms and industries, extract resources from them, and assert strategic control over U.S. technological capabilities by restricting U.S. firms’ ability to innovate and compete on level terms. This undermines U.S. technology leadership at the expense of economic and national security in the geostrategic competition with China.

Please join ITIF’s Aegis Project for a for an expert panel discussion as we discuss a new ITIF report on policy solutions to non-tariff attacks (NTAs), and explore the stakes for U.S. innovation, technology leadership, and global competitiveness.

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