Rob Atkinson was one of four experts invited to discuss the digital economy and policy at the 2016 U.S-China Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade on November 22.
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November 16, 2016
In a memo in Innovation Files to the newly appointed commerce minister of a developing country, Rob Atkinson outlines an “easy” plan to create a successful tech sector using best-in-breed strategies for enacting innovation mercantilism.
September 23, 2016
Chinese privately owned firms achieved an additional 0.16¥ in output for every yuan they invested in R&D, while state-owned firms created only 0.12¥ more output, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.
June 6, 2016
Regardless of whether its currency is undervalued, China still employs mercantilist policies to unfairly bolster its manufacturing sector, writes Adams Nager in The International Economy.
May 19, 2016
Stephen Ezell gave a presentation on May 19, 2016 at a CSIA-SIA Workshop on Semiconductor Global Value Chains in Beijing, China explaining why China benefits most by participating in open global value chains for the production and consumption of semiconductor components and end products.
May 9, 2016
One of the best indications the U.S. has so far that the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation institutes are working is that the Chinese are copying them, said Adams Nager in Innovation Files.
April 28, 2016
ITIF urges U.S. policymakers to take decisive steps to ensure the United States continues to be a world leader in high-performance computing.
March 3, 2016
Women make up 40 percent of the STEM workforce in China versus only 24 percent in the United States, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.
February 23, 2016
China’s labor productivity grew by a world-best 12 percent from 2000 to 2011, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.
January 4, 2016
After almost 15 years of Chinese membership in the WTO, it is becoming increasingly clear that the vision of China embracing a rules-governed, market-based global trade system has yet to materialize, Stephen Ezell writes in The International Economy.
November 12, 2015
The United States can no longer afford to stand idly by as China pursues an aggressive by-hook-or-by-crook strategy in its attempt to dominate the global technology market, argues Rob Atkinson in Forbes.
October 28, 2015
China's references to its semiconductor trade deficit are a facade for a mercantilist trade policy, writes Nigel Cory in Innovation Files.
September 25, 2015
For years, China has been engaging in a pattern of misbehavior that is integral to its aggressive, mercantilist strategy for becoming an economic superpower, write Robert Atkinson and Stephen Ezell in The Hill.
September 22, 2015
China's broken promises have harmed the global trading system as well as both economic growth and the health of innovative industries across the United States and Europe, writes Stephen Ezell in Innovation Files.
September 21, 2015
Nigel Cory recaps ITIF’s recent event on China’s mercantilist trade strategy and potential U.S. responses in Innovation Files.
September 17, 2015
When China entered WTO expectations for reform were high. Fifteen years later, it’s clear the Chinese have not met their commitments. To address China’s increasingly aggressive innovation mercantilism, it is time for “constructive confrontation.”
September 17, 2015
ITIF releases report outlining the ways China has failed to live up to the commitments it made when it joined the WTO.
September 17, 2015
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States later this month, please join ITIF on September 17 for an expert panel discussion exploring the ramifications of China’s economic and trade strategies and delving into potential remedies and responses.
July 27, 2015
U.S. public investment in clean energy RD&D lags behind Asian competitors, which are already seeing a payoff in both research output and commercial success.
July 1, 2015
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April 1, 2015
The U.S. and its allies need to tell China enough is enough.
March 3, 2015
Join us for a lively discussion regarding the current state of U.S.-China economic, trade, and national security relations.
February 23, 2015
Europe and America should combine forces to combat Chinese techno-mercantilism.
January 28, 2015
Rob Atkinson testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission at a hearing on the foreign investment climate in China.
December 15, 2014
China's use of indigenous technology standards threatens to cause a harmful “Galapagos Island” effect.