Geopolitics and Technology – A Conflict Without End? The US-China Tech War

• Main Author: Segal, Adam
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136613
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

President Trump’s campaign targeting Chinese technology companies is motivated primarily by concerns about economic competition and security threats. This has been expanded to include democratic values and human rights. Framing the technology rivalry as one over ideology and political values, howeve...