US urged to use Beijing playbook to secure Chinese tech transfers

Experts say Washington should target areas where cutting-edge Chinese technological know-how could be welcomed, then applied to help US However, merely shutting out Chinese technology from the US without a clear strategy to boost domestic competitiveness would not guarantee that the US catches up in areas where China now has a clear lead, the experts said at an online panel organised by the Quincy Institute, a Washington think tank that advocates for a less militarised American foreign policy. Instead, Washington should target areas in which cutting-edge Chinese technological know-how could be welcomed, then applied to help the US catch up, possibly through joint ventures and technology licences. “China is overly paranoid about the US, and I think the US is overly paranoid about China,” said Jake Werner, director of the East Asia programme at the Quincy Institute.

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