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As nations engage in a race for global advantage in innovation, ITIF champions a new policy paradigm that ensures businesses and national economies can compete successfully by spurring public and private investment in foundational areas such as research, skills, and 21st century infrastructure. Our research on manufacturing policy examines current trends and encouraging continued innovation in the manufacturing sector through increased public and private investment.
Vice President, Global Innovation Policy, and Director, Center for Life Sciences Innovation
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
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Computer Chips vs. Potato Chips: The Case for a U.S. Strategic-Industry Policy
With the rise of China, the United States needs more than a competitiveness strategy; it needs a policy specifically tailored to boost production and innovation capacity in strategically important industries—especially technologically sophisticated ones with dual-use capabilities.
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June 15, 2026|Reports & Briefings
COMAC: China’s Looming Threat to the Global Aviation Industry
Boeing and Airbus have long dominated the global commercial aircraft industry in production and innovation. But the rise of COMAC—China’s government-created, mercantilist-fueled national champion—threatens the foundations of market-based commercial aviation.
June 1, 2026|Reports & Briefings
Targeted Pressure: How Chinese Manufacturing Competition Impacts US States
Chinese industrial policy is reshaping global manufacturing and impacting every U.S. state. The result is growing risk to American industry, jobs, and national security.
May 21, 2026|Blogs
Five Weak Arguments for a US Manufacturing Policy, and Two Real Ones
The strongest case for U.S. manufacturing policy is not jobs or economic multipliers. It’s the trade deficit and China’s techno-economic challenge.
May 18, 2026|Blogs
AI Is a Productivity Engine for the U.S. Economy
OECD data shows there is a consistent, positive relationship between the share of firms using AI and a country’s GDP per hour worked.
May 11, 2026|Reports & Briefings
America Needs an Industrial Strategy for Motor Vehicles
U.S. automotive competitiveness has severely faltered. The federal government needs a comprehensive national strategy to revitalize the industry’s competitiveness, especially in the face of Chinese EVs.
May 7, 2026|Blogs
Why Did the US Pass China PNTR?
The lessons of America’s worst trade decision remain unlearned.
May 4, 2026|Reports & Briefings
US Technology Companies Should Keep Operating in China
When U.S. technology companies compete in China, they capture revenue, learn technologies and trends from a critical market, and extend U.S.-built ecosystems. Forcing them out of China would weaken U.S. global competitiveness and give Chinese firms greater scale to shape technology ecosystems.
April 30, 2026|Events
Strengthening America’s Edge in Priority Technologies of the 21st Century
Watch now for a virtual panel featuring authors of a new book by MIT Press, Priority Technologies: Ensuring US Security and Shared Prosperity. Experts discussed how to strengthen U.S. innovation and industrial ecosystems and which priority technologies will be critical to long-term global economic, military, and technological leadership in the decades ahead.
April 20, 2026|Reports & Briefings
Explaining the Relative Competitive Decline of America’s Automotive Industry
The competitiveness of the auto industry of the United States has waxed and waned over the past 60 years and is clearly not the globally dominant behemoth it once was. To bolster the industry’s competitiveness, policymakers first must understand why it has faltered and the challenges it faces moving forward.
April 6, 2026|Blogs
Fact of the Week: One in Ten Cars Sold in Europe in December 2025 Was Chinese
Sales of Chinese hybrids and plug-in hybrids in Europe increased by a factor of 14 between August 2024 and August 2025
