Moolenaar Highlights U.S. Strategy to Win the AI Race at Hill & Valley Forum
Today, John Moolenaar, Chairman of the Select Committee on the China participated in a panel discussion at The Hill & Valley Forum on America’s strategy to win the competition in the artificial intelligence race against China.
Joining leaders from Congress and industry, Moolenaar emphasized the urgent need for strong export controls, coordination with allies, and continued investment in American innovation to ensure the United States maintains its technological advantage.
During the conversation, Moolenaar underscored the stakes of the competition:
“I still think the best case is when you have the freedom to innovate, less burdensome government regulation, more free trade with free countries, but when you're competing against China, who violates so many of those principles of free trade, then it requires almost like a defense mentality, where you're saying, ‘Okay, let's use every tool possible to make sure we win this competition.’ And so I think my hope is that it's more of a temporary kind of thing, until our technology gets to the level where we know we can win this competition, and we're not dependent on China. But the difference between when we were in a Cold War with the Soviet Union, we weren't dependent on the Soviet Union for so many things, whereas in this case, we're actually dependent on our chief rival, and we have to stop enabling them to continue to defeat us on this.”
Moolenaar highlighted America’s strengths, including its innovation-driven economy and capital markets, while warning of vulnerabilities in supply chains, critical minerals, and workforce development. He also stressed the importance of preventing adversaries from leveraging U.S. technology to advance their own capabilities.
