Competitiveness

Chinese Competitiveness in the International Digital Economy
With protectionist policies shielding their rear flank domestically, China’s digital firms are out to capture global market share. Their strategy hinges on state-backed innovation mercantilism—and their success will come at the cost of U.S. jobs, exports, and economic growth.
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Competitiveness
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January 6, 2021
Should the US Accept China’s Economic and Technology Rise?
Please join ITIF for an expert debate on these issues, featuring Daniel Gros, director of the Centre for European Policy Studies, who has argued that the United States must accept China’s rise, and ITIF President Robert Atkinson, who argues America and Europe must work together to constrain China, particularly its drive to dominate advanced technology industries.
December 16, 2020
Book Talk on “Data Feminism” With Lauren Klein
Join ITIF's Center for Data Innovation for a conversation with Lauren Klein on her new book Data Feminism, co-authored with Catherine D’Ignazio.
December 10, 2020
How the Federal Government Can Increase Access to Supercomputing Across America
Join ITIF's Center for Data Innovation to discuss a new report exploring what steps Congress, the NSF, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) should take to increase access to HPC resources for AI researchers in the United States.
November 23, 2020
Chinese Competitiveness in the International Digital Economy
With protectionist policies shielding their rear flank domestically, China’s digital firms are out to capture global market share. Their strategy hinges on state-backed innovation mercantilism—and their success will come at the cost of U.S. jobs, exports, and economic growth.
November 23, 2020
Podcast: Innovating in the Defense Sector to Remain Competitive With China, Featuring Michael Brown
It has become abundantly clear that the United States faces a robust economic and military competitor in China.
November 16, 2020
Time for a Federal-State National Economic Development Partnership
A key component to any national advanced industry strategy—and one that should receive welcome bipartisan agreement—should be to help all 50 states expand their state development strategies and better align them to the overall mission of outcompeting China.
November 12, 2020
Is the United States Tax System Favoring Excessive Automation?
As the next wave of information technology matures, many commentators worry about the job disruption that automation technology will bring.
October 29, 2020
2020 Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance Virtual Summit
The 2020 GTIPA Virtual Summit brought together Alliance members with world-leading experts to explore creative solutions to difficult economic, trade, and innovation challenges facing the international community.
October 23, 2020
Seventeen Flaws in the Cicilline Antitrust Report on Competition in Digital Markets
A recent majority staff report summarizing the findings of a yearlong House Antitrust Subcommittee investigation into competition in digital markets is filled with analytical errors that highlight larger problems with the report’s basic framing and policy conclusions.
October 13, 2020
Fact of the Week: Four and a Half Decades Later, the Cultural Revolution is Still Harming China's Economy
A new study has found that firms with CEOs who turned 18 during the Cultural Revolution spend less on R&D, generate fewer patents, and receive fewer citations to these patents.

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