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David McCormick: “Bob Lighthizer 2017 released a report, the Top 20…”

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Published | Video Starts at 14:19

To start with, and this is something I've thought a lot about because the reality is to start, Paul, we are losing our edge in technology. We're losing our edge. You know, Bob Lighthizer 2017 released a report, the Top 20 Technologies at the Intersection of Economics and National Security. China was in the lead in 10. We were in the lead in 10. a couple of weeks ago in the in the Wall Street Journal, which I'm sure you saw was the report of A Australian think tank, right, saw it, 44 technologies, 37 of them, China in the lead. (14:19–14:29)

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Asserts that in 2017, a report showed China and the U.S. were each leading in 10 out of 20 key technologies.

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