America’s economic strength and national security depend on maintaining superiority in critical technologies such as AI, quantum computing, semiconductors, and others that are part of the Global Competition and Innovation (GCI) framework. Yet as Kristin Wooster explains in a CGCI commentary, policymakers often overlook the major role leading U.S. technology companies (“Big Tech”) play in driving innovation and supporting national security. Policymakers seeking to rein in or break up these market leaders should consider a more balanced approach that recognizes the crucial role Big Tech firms play in supporting America’s intensifying economic and geopolitical competition with China.
Read the commentary.
