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The Fight over High-Tech Supremacy Isn't New. We Just Haven't Learned Our Lesson

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Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgetown University

Originally published as: John J. Krige and Mario Daniels, "The Fight over High-Tech Supremacy Isn't New. We Just Haven't Learned Our Lesson," Fortune, February 12, 2019.

The U.S. is intensifying its competition with China for high-tech supremacy. Just two weeks ago, the Department of Justice released a major indictment against Chinese telecommunications company Huawei for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions against Iran. But that’s just one piece of a much larger puzzle.