@Phil “we should encourage China to build battery and auto plants in the United States, just as China enticed leading U.S. companies to set up shop there over the past three decades… choose the battles that we can win (semiconductors) or those we simply cannot afford to lose (rare earths), and make the long-term investments to reach the right outcome.”

i’m sure there is ongoing IP theft, but that horse left the barn long ago. the US no longer defines the technological frontier.