The United States’ strategy on both technology and China remain muddled in internal contradictions. In addition to his own inconsistencies, US President Donald Trump leaves room for further discontinuity through his apparent openness to input from individuals ranging from Chinese President Xi Jinping to Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang.
That leaves Trump amenable to ideas coming from techno-optimists, AI doomers, tough-on-China “hawks”, chief executives looking out for their own bottom lines, foreign leaders who have a “good deal” to offer, and administration officials who, unlike their predecessors, are unburdened by pesky ideological commitments or national security concerns.
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