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Angela Huyue Zhang
Angela Huyue Zhang, professor of law at the University of Southern California, is the author of High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy, and Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation.
Angela Huyue Zhang, professor of law at the University of Southern California, is the author of High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy, and Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation.
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Trump’s trade war has already done harm, disrupting the months-long process that gets Chinese-made toys in US stores before the holidays.
Policymakers have failed to implement safeguards for tech product safety, while being aggressive towards those at the forefront of discovery.
Under a broadened definition of national security, presidential actions have been taken that would have been unimaginable only a decade ago.
While China was an early mover in regulating generative AI, it is also highly supportive of the technology and the companies developing it. Chinese AI firms might even have a competitive advantage over their US and European counterparts, which face strong regulatory headwinds.
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China’s exit from zero-Covid poses huge logistical challenges and health risks, but its centralised system of governance offers some advantages. During its years of economic reform, centralised planning allowed China to open up city by city, gradually building confidence and containing risks.
Beijing sees a tit-for-tat strategy as essential to ensuring US cooperation. But weaponising administrative sanctions could produce an unwanted backlash, even as a new US law targeting Huawei is unlikely to succeed.
