Decoding Trump’s Plan to Rein In China<br />President Trump’s national security blueprint released on Monday lumped economic challenges posed by the United States’ foreign<br />rivals, particularly China, with the sort of traditional notions of national security that have long driven American policy.<br />“While maintaining an investor-friendly climate, this Administration will work with the Congress to strengthen the Committee<br />on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to ensure it addresses current and future national security risks.<br />Stealing proprietary technology and early-stage ideas allows competitors to unfairly tap into the innovation of free societies.”<br />For years, the United States battled China over pirated movies and counterfeit sneakers.<br />The United States will prioritize counterintelligence<br />and law enforcement activities to curtail intellectual property theft by all sources and will explore new legal and regulatory mechanisms to prevent and prosecute violations<br />Some Western businesses complain that, to do business in China, they are required to form joint ventures with<br />Chinese companies, or to otherwise share technology with Chinese partners who may someday become rivals.<br />To get there, Beijing has unveiled its “Made in China 2025” program, an ambitious plan to foment homegrown firms<br />that will compete with American companies with the help of state support and cheap loans.
