The Impacts of U.S.-China Tech Decoupling

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The Biden administration is increasingly making clear it is intent on slowing down China’s technological rise. Washington has dramatically expanded controls on technology flowing to and from Beijing by imposing aggressive sanctions targeting China’s chip and semiconductor industry. What impact will these changes have on the broader U.S.-China relationship? Will other nations support Washington’s new approach? How will this impact the global economy? 

Watch FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal’s conversation with Jon Bateman, a senior fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Bateman previously served as the director for cyber strategy implementation in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Read his essay on U.S.-China decoupling.

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  • Jon Bateman on the power battle within the Biden administration, between centrists and
    restrictionists, on how tough to get with China.

  • Jon Bateman explains why he is skeptical that U.S. allies will go along with the Biden administration’s unilateral move to place aggressive export controls on China.

  • Jon Bateman, former  director for cyberstrategy implementation in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, on the larger costs of tech decoupling and why he’s worried.

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America’s Risky New China Policy

Washington has a bold plan to restrict Beijing’s semiconductor imports. The world needs to talk about it.

Insider  |  Ravi Agrawal

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