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April 21, 2026|Blogs

China’s Military Is Cashing in on America’s Open Economy

Chinese firms with ties to Beijing—and in some cases China’s military—are quietly exploiting America’s open economy, taxpayer support, and weak post-acquisition oversight, and Congress should close those loopholes before more U.S. innovation and industrial capacity are used to advance China’s strategic aims.

April 21, 2026|Blogs

Congress Flags Korea’s Discriminatory Digital Policies

54 members of Congress just told Korea: stop targeting American tech companies — or risk the alliance itself.

April 20, 2026|Blogs

Fact of the Week: Researchers on the International Space Station Have Produced 4,000 Research Papers Since 2000

Over the past 26 years, researchers on the International Space Station have produced roughly 4,000 research papers and have helped to develop treatments for several diseases, including cancer, Alzheimer’s, and heart disease.

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 20, 2026|Blogs

Congress Should Support Innovation in Freight Rail, Not Stand in Its Way

The U.S. government needs to do what many nations around the world are already doing by leaning into rail technologies such as positive track control and automated track inspection, not resisting them on behalf of special interests.

April 17, 2026|Commentary

Federal Government Should Partner With Frontier AI Labs on Cybersecurity Defense

While the U.S. has focused on securing AI systems themselves, it must urgently shift toward using AI defensively—through coordinated government, industry, and infrastructure efforts—to counter the growing threat of AI-powered cyberattacks on existing systems.

April 16, 2026|Blogs

No, AI Will Not Skyrocket Income Inequality

AI is supposedly going to make America’s current level of income inequality explode. That will not happen. The idea rests on far-fetched assumptions about monopolies, mass job loss, and winner-take-all dynamics that AI won’t change.

April 16, 2026|Testimonies & Filings

Comments to the House Oversight Committee Regarding Artificial Intelligence and American Power

AI is a general-purpose technology with tremendous promise. But U.S. AI leadership and adoption is by no means assured, because there is intense international competition.

April 15, 2026|Testimonies & Filings

Comments to USTR Regarding Section 301 Investigations of Certain Economies’ Structural Excess Capacity and Production in Manufacturing Sectors

This Section 301 investigation rightly focuses on structural excess capacity. But its scope encompasses 16 economies rather than narrowly addressing the core cause of global trade upheaval—China’s mercantilism—thereby risking dilution of the blame for the country responsible for causing the need to recalibrate the global system.

April 15, 2026|Reports & Briefings

The Promise of Wearable AI: Opportunities Across Emergency Response

Wearable AI improves safety and outcomes for both first responders and the public they serve. Broader adoption of wearable AI for the emergency services industry will protect the health of first responders, improve emergency response, and create safer communities.

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