Biden Admin Should Continue to Pursue Tech Controls to Counter China, Group Says
The Biden administration should pursue more multilateral engagement on export controls and continue to protect sensitive U.S. technologies, the American Leadership Initiative said in a Feb. 11 summary of an upcoming report. The ALI said the White House should establish an Office of Global Digital Policy, which would dedicate resources toward federal investment in research and development, promote exports and “protect key technologies.” The office, along with a “multipronged series of investment and export controls,” will help U.S. companies better compete with Chinese technology firms that benefit from government subsidies, the ALI said.
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The organization called on the new administration to work closely with allies on a “coordinated approach to China,” which should address unfair Chinese subsidies and “other non-market practices it uses to give its technology companies an unfair advantage.” ALI said the U.S. should collaborate on export control policies with the “T-10” -- an alliance of “technology-driven” democratic countries. “The Biden administration must discard the unilateral approach of the Trump Administration and establish an alliance with other liberal democracies that have advanced technology industries,” the organization said.