To counter China's "stark techno-economic challenge" to vital tech industries, the U.S. should aggressively support industries that are “too critical to fail,” such as semiconductors and computing, and software and transportation, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said Monday. Support would include R&D and a competitiveness screen for regulation. ITIF said those efforts should be aligned with those of U.S. allies.
To counter China's "stark techno-economic challenge" to vital tech industries, the U.S. should aggressively support industries that are “too critical to fail,” such as semiconductors and computing, and software and transportation, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said Monday. Support would include R&D and a competitiveness screen for regulation. ITIF said those efforts should be aligned with those of U.S. allies.
To counter China's "stark techno-economic challenge" to vital tech industries, the U.S. should aggressively support industries that are “too critical to fail,” such as semiconductors and computing, and software and transportation, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said Monday. Support would include R&D and a competitiveness screen for regulation. ITIF said those efforts should be aligned with those of U.S. allies.
The U.S. should introduce support measures for U.S. technology industries that are “too critical to fail,” especially those competing for market share with China, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said in an April 13 report. As the Commerce Department seeks to restrict sales of emerging technologies to counter Chinese technology theft (see 2004010007), Congress should task the administration with expanding funding for research in those key fields -- including robotics, artificial intelligence and semiconductors -- and target it to “maximize commercialization” of the technologies in the United States. Congress should also support an “industrial investment bank” to increase advanced production in the U.S. and “encourage” the relocation of critical technology production from China to the U.S., the ITIF said.
The U.S. should rethink antitrust policies, experts said at an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation webinar Thursday. China is giving its companies an advantage, said Berkeley Research Group Chairman David Teece. St. Mary’s University London Senior Lecturer in Law Aurelien Portuese recommended antitrust enforcers shift to qualitative analysis to account for big tech’s free-services model.
The U.S. should rethink antitrust policies, experts said at an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation webinar Thursday. China is giving its companies an advantage, said Berkeley Research Group Chairman David Teece. St. Mary’s University London Senior Lecturer in Law Aurelien Portuese recommended antitrust enforcers shift to qualitative analysis to account for big tech’s free-services model.
The U.S. should rethink antitrust policies, experts said at an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation webinar Thursday. China is giving its companies an advantage, said Berkeley Research Group Chairman David Teece. St. Mary’s University London Senior Lecturer in Law Aurelien Portuese recommended antitrust enforcers shift to qualitative analysis to account for big tech’s free-services model.
The European Commission remains on target to propose artificial intelligence legislation in December, despite COVID-19 complications, EC Team Leader-AI Irina Orssich said Wednesday (see 2002190004). “This might still happen,” she said during an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation livestream.
The European Commission remains on target to propose artificial intelligence legislation in December, despite COVID-19 complications, EC Team Leader-AI Irina Orssich said Wednesday (see 2002190004). “This might still happen,” she said during an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation livestream.
Coronavirus concerns are forcing the cancellation of more industry summits and prompting the FCC to ban nonessential travel and participation in large gatherings (see 2003040061). America's Communications Association Thursday also announced the cancellation of its March summit.