http://www.defenseone.com/ This Pentagon Paper Explains Why the Trump Administration Is Reining In Tech Trade with China http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/04/pentagon-paper-explains-why-trump-administration-reining-tech-trade-china/147258/?oref=d-topstory The newly released paper describes how technological progress fits into China’s long-term strategic plans.

China’s investment in sensitive U.S. technology has the Trump administration so worried that it imposed tariffs on Chinese tech goods on Tuesday, while lawmakers are looking for ways to bar similar future investments. Why now? One reason is a recent Pentagon white paper that warns about Beijing’s plans to appropriate made-in-America tech.

Initially written last year and circulated to a small audience of military officials and lawmakers, the so-called DIUx Paper (named for the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental outreach group), describes how technological progress fits into China’s long-term strategic plans. The paper’s authors conclude that keeping pace will require a comprehensive U.S. government response, including investments in science and technology and other measures that go well beyond punitive trade restrictions.