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US’ growing support for China tech curbs could advance brain drain: researchers
Visa curbs and an increasingly hostile environment could drive away researchers of Chinese origin, slowing America’s own scientific development.
The growing support across the political divide in Washington for curbs on China’s access to advanced technology could accelerate a brain drain of scientific talent that ultimately hurts the United States and benefits its rival, according to some American researchers. Although Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have different priorities when it comes to research at home – something with clear long-term implications for the country’s future scientific development – both are committed to trying to slow China’s progress if they win Tuesday’s election. “The [Democratic] platform commits to being ‘tough but smart’ on China and wants to avoid ‘a costly spiral to conflict’ and identify areas to work together, including in AI guardrails.
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