Kristin Wooster
Public Affairs Manager
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
As the public affairs manager for ITIF’s Aegis Project for Defending U.S. Technology Leadership, Kristin Wooster focuses on safeguarding American innovation against international challenges, particularly from China, while advocating for policies that enable U.S. technology firms to compete fairly in global markets. At ITIF, she leads initiatives to reshape the conversation around big tech regulation, emphasizing its fundamental role in both national security and economic prosperity.
Kristin brings experience from her previous role as a policy and public affairs analyst at Venable LLP, where she spearheaded strategic campaigns and built coalitions to advance client objectives in technology and environmental policy. Kristin also worked as a policy officer at Save the Children International, where she focused on humanitarian policy and advocacy across the Middle East.
Kristin holds a dual BA/MA in political science and economics from the University of Glasgow and is currently pursuing a MA-IBP in international business and policy at Georgetown University.
Recent Publications
How Foreign Non-Tariff Attacks Threaten American Innovation
Global trade is evolving into a form of mercantilist economic warfare where foreign nations use discriminatory regulations to target the U.S. tech sector, draining its wealth and undermining American innovation.
Washington Should Draw a Line in the Sand on Korea to Defend U.S. Tech Leadership
The House Judiciary Committee has launched an investigation into South Korea's discriminatory targeting of U.S. tech companies, particularly Coupang, marking an important escalation in Washington's pushback against non-tariff attacks that use regulatory measures to weaken American technology leadership. These attacks—which have cost U.S. tech companies over $30 billion globally in the past decade—disproportionately target American firms through fines, operational restrictions, and forced infrastructure investments while creating openings for Chinese competitors.
Big Tech’s Critical Role in America’s National Security Innovation
Policymakers seeking to rein in or break up market-leading tech firms should consider a more balanced approach that recognizes the crucial role they play in strengthening America in its intensifying economic and geopolitical competition with China.
