New legislation circulating in Congress would pour tens of billions of dollars into American research and development, in a move that one Republican sponsor characterized as critical to a new "Cold War" against China.
Bill cosponsor Rep. Mike Gallagher told the Washington Free Beacon in an interview, is not just about increasing domestic investment-it's about ensuring that the next generation of world-shaping technology is made in America, not China.
"So just as we did at the beginning of the Cold War, in this new Cold War we have to substantially increase the federal investment that's critical for our strategic competition and national survival."
Endless Frontiers would see the National Science Foundation transformed into the National Science and Technology Foundation, adding a new directorate specifically tasked with spending $100 billion over five years on "Fundamental research related to specific recognized global technology challenges with geostrategic implications for the United States." The bill suggests 10 key areas for targeting, including AI, "Advanced communications technologies," and robotics.
While U.S. investment has flagged, China has moved aggressively, spending big to move from simple manufacturing to complex technological innovation.
The CCP's "Made in China 2025" plan aims to make China a "Global powerhouse" in high-tech industries such as robotics, aviation, and information technology.
Americans, Gallagher argued, need to move from seeing China as a bad actor to seeing it as a new Soviet Union, to be countered in the same manner.
Bill cosponsor Rep. Mike Gallagher told the Washington Free Beacon in an interview, is not just about increasing domestic investment-it's about ensuring that the next generation of world-shaping technology is made in America, not China.
"So just as we did at the beginning of the Cold War, in this new Cold War we have to substantially increase the federal investment that's critical for our strategic competition and national survival."
Endless Frontiers would see the National Science Foundation transformed into the National Science and Technology Foundation, adding a new directorate specifically tasked with spending $100 billion over five years on "Fundamental research related to specific recognized global technology challenges with geostrategic implications for the United States." The bill suggests 10 key areas for targeting, including AI, "Advanced communications technologies," and robotics.
While U.S. investment has flagged, China has moved aggressively, spending big to move from simple manufacturing to complex technological innovation.
The CCP's "Made in China 2025" plan aims to make China a "Global powerhouse" in high-tech industries such as robotics, aviation, and information technology.
Americans, Gallagher argued, need to move from seeing China as a bad actor to seeing it as a new Soviet Union, to be countered in the same manner.
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