Has China Already Won? With Michael Wessel and Stephen Ezell

In this episode of the Trade War Podcast from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), host Stan McCoy is joined by Michael Wessel, a senior advisor at the Alliance for American Manufacturing, and Stephen Ezell, vice president of global innovation policy at ITIF. The discussion centers on the possibility that China has already won the trade war, examining China's strategic and state-directed approach in crucial tech sectors like AI, EVs, semiconductors, and more. 

• Robert D. Atkinson and Ian Tufts. “The Hamilton Index, 2023: China Is Running Away With Strategic Industries,” (ITIF, December 2023).
• “The Future of Industrialization,” (United Nations Industrial Development Organization, November 2024).
• China Innovation Series, (ITIF, March 2024 to September 2024).
• Liza Lin. “China Intensifies Push to ‘Delete America’ From Its Technology,” (Wall Street Journal, March 2024).  
• Robert E. Scott, Valerie Wilson, Jori Kandra, and Daniel Perez. “Botched policy responses to globalization have decimated manufacturing employment,” (Economic Policy Institute, January 2022). 
• Robert D. Atkinson. “China Is Rapidly Becoming a Leading Innovator in Advanced Industries,” (ITIF, September 2024).