Citing China Threat, Business Groups, Experts Push Biden Administration for Digital Policy

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration needs to develop an aggressive, coherent digital policy to counter China’s growing technological power, industry groups and former U.S. officials say. The White House should increase broadband access in the United States, help U.S. companies sell abroad, and take the lead on global data and technology policy worldwide—or risk U.S. tech companies being overtaken by Beijing, they say. “The Biden administration must seize this moment to launch a comprehensive, whole-of-government digital strategy, providing good jobs for workers sidelined by automation and upgrading U.S. competitiveness,” the American Leadership Initiative (ALI), a think tank led by former U.S. trade negotiator Orit Frenkel, said in a report to be published on Thursday. The report follows a Jan. 27 recommendation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the biggest U.S. business lobby, urging Washington to partner with like-minded governments and the tech industry to set global tech standards. The Biden administration is …WASHINGTON—The Biden administration needs to develop an aggressive, coherent digital policy to counter China’s growing technological power, industry groups and former U.S. officials say. The White House should increase broadband access in the United States, help U.S. companies sell abroad, and take the lead on global data and technology policy worldwide—or risk U.S. tech companiesRead MoreEpoch Times, United States politics | The Epoch Times