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📅 THIS WEDNESDAY, August 26 @ 12 PM ET:
Can policymakers address legitimate community concerns about data centers 🏘️ without sacrificing the infrastructure needed for long-term U.S. leadership in AI? 🇺🇸
Join ITIF’s webinar to examine the options.👇
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Rob's essay for @hinrichfdn is an edgy, provocative take that throws down the gauntlet - not at China - but to the West. Is the West better than China? Read the full essay here: hinrichfoundation.com/resear…
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Akin to "vehicular fentanyl." @RobAtkinsonITIF warned of the risks of allowing Chinese automakers to sell their cheaper cars in the United States at #SAFESummit2026.
The Department of War in recent weeks has approached U.S. automakers to help boost weapons production, echoing their roles during World War II. The U.S. auto industry is a critical industry, Dr. Atkinson said, and giving ground to Chinese automakers here at home due to their lower costs would be a "failure."
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🎉 ITIF celebrated its 20th anniversary last night by toasting founder @RobAtkinsonITIF's remarkable career and looking forward to the next chapter as incoming president @castrotech carries the mantle forward with our fantastic team of analysts and staff.
Here’s to many more years ahead!
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Canada has a capital problem. Domestic investment is below what the economy needs, and foreign capital is no longer filling the gap.
What will it take to fix it?
On 4/14, @RobAtkinsonITIF, @CharlesLammam, & Leonard Waverman discuss. Register ASAP ⤵️ itif.org/events/2026/04/14/r…
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Congress targets South Korean regulators over 'discriminatory' treatment of US tech companies
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Read the full letter below: 👇 itif.org/publications/2026/0…
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We're encouraged to see @POTUS & @VP advancing price floors for critical minerals essential to our economy.
This reflects a policy long championed by @RobAtkinsonITIF to counter China’s predatory pricing and protect US & allied mineral producers. Glad momentum is building!
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This week, #Davos2026 made something unmistakably clear: Many U.S. “allies” would rather denounce Washington and align with Beijing to sell a few more commodities than confront the CCP’s long-standing drive for global hegemony.
Robert D. Atkinson retweeted
China’s systematic campaign to dominate the advanced industries that underpin national power is the central challenge of the 21st century.
@RobAtkinsonITIF outlines the stakes in a long but critical table-setting report. If you have 7 mins, watch this NotebookLM explainer ⬇️
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The risk in Canada’s EV-for-canola deal isn't engagement w/ China. It’s the return to a familiar posture: Canada as a supplier of bulk resources, not a country intent to build industrial depth.
China doesn’t care where it buys canola. Canada should care where vehicles are made.
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Why it matters:
🔷 Manufacturing location determines where capital, suppliers, skills, and innovation compound
🔷 Once industrial ecosystems hollow out, they rarely rebound
Treating EVs and canola as equivalent trade-offs is a mistake, says @lawrencezed itif.org/publications/2026/0…
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The fix is for Europe to pay its share and the United States sustaining its own investments in biomedical research that underpin global innovation. itif.org/publications/2026/0…
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That gap isn’t efficiency—it’s cost shifting. European price controls push the cost of global drug discovery onto U.S. patients, taxpayers, and innovators, even as Europe enjoys the benefits of American-funded breakthroughs.
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The disparity is stark. On a 𝐆𝐃𝐏-𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐞𝐫-𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬, France spends just 72%, Italy 70%, Switzerland 66%, and the Netherlands 29% of what the United States spends on pharmaceuticals.
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Very poor decision from @FTC. My statement @ITIFdc here:
itif.org/publications/2026/0…
Protip: if a federal judge calls your case an "uphill battle," rejects your main economic expert due to bias, and says one of your core theories "make[s] no sense," that's not the case to appeal.
FTC appeals ruling in Meta monopolization case: bit.ly/4qq2h7C
Robert D. Atkinson retweeted
Mexico's trade surplus with the US is going through the roof, but is offset by huge deficits with everyone else. This looks like Mexico is a big transshipment hub. If it weren't and local value-added were big, you'd expect to see a rising trade surplus...
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Check out @RobAtkinsonITIF's book: amazon.com/Big-Beautiful-Deb…
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To kick things off, @RobAtkinsonITIF will walk through his new report, outlining China’s goals, the importance of “national power industries,” and why this moment marks a historical turning point.
📽️ Before the event, watch the explainer below.
Report: itif.org/publications/2025/1…
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The EU hit X with a €120M DSA fine - partly for transparently changing its verification system after weeks of public debate. Non-tariff attack in action: using facially neutral regulations to assert veto power over U.S. business models while extracting massive fines. Revenue generation disguised as consumer protection.
🚨 BREAKING: The EU has slapped a €120 million fine on Elon Musk’s X, straining ties with the US.
Read the story: politi.co/4avFPVs