JAMES CARTER: America’s Tech Strategy Must Put US Interests First

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America is engaged in a high-stakes competition with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—one that will shape our economic future and national security for decades to come. Every major policy choice we make, from tariffs and export controls to immigration enforcement and counter-narcotics efforts, affects whether the United States ultimately prevails. As someone who has spent decades in public service, I am convinced that winning this competition requires more than smart policy in Washington. It also requires accountability in America’s corporate boardrooms.

Too often, the debate over U.S.-China competition focuses exclusively on government action, as if federal policymakers alone determine the outcome. In reality, American companies operating at the technological frontier play a decisive role. While businesses must have the freedom to compete in global markets, that freedom cannot extend to practices that undermine America’s long-term economic and security interests.

High-profile firms like Nvidia and TikTok have drawn scrutiny for business relationships that risk empowering the CCP. But other major U.S. companies have largely escaped public attention, even as their decisions materially benefit China’s industrial, military, and surveillance ambitions. Qualcomm........

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