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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.

Between 2005 and 2024, Chinese firms received approximately 3 to 8 times more subsidies as competitor firms in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The National Vulnerability Database is struggling with growing backlogs, outdated processes, and overlapping responsibilities that threaten its effectiveness. NIST should improve coordination with CISA, modernize vulnerability management systems, and strengthen stakeholder engagement to restore trust and efficiency.

The Pope’s AI encyclical reflects social capitalism’s animus toward growth, technology-driven creative destruction, international economic competition, and large business.

The NO FAKES Act would create a much-needed federal right of publicity to protect individuals from unauthorized digital replicas, but Congress should narrow the bill’s definition of “digital replica” to avoid unintentionally restricting legitimate uses and innovation, particularly in the video game industry.

The EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package seeks to reduce reliance on American technology, but by restricting access to the firms driving innovation in cloud computing, semiconductors, and AI infrastructure, it risks weakening Europe’s competitiveness and strengthening China’s position in the global tech race.

The bill would impose heavy restrictions on the ability of America’s leading digital platforms to engage in a wide array of common, overwhelmingly procompetitive behavior.

As Daniel Castro writes in Tech Policy Press, U.S. export controls were intended to preserve America’s AI lead, but by accelerating China’s push for technological self-sufficiency and strengthening competing AI ecosystems, they may be undermining that goal.

The EU has an array of discriminatory policies that target major U.S. tech firms, a legitimate basis for action under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. U.S. policymakers should favor amicably negotiated solutions, but this tool is available as a last resort if necessary.

Unlike training-data disputes, CNN's lawsuit against Perplexity alleges near-verbatim reproduction of its journalism through AI search products. Policymakers should favor targeted enforcement—not sweeping AI restrictions.