How the Trump Administration’s tariffs could fuel China’s AI push and become a soft power nightmare for American tech 🇺🇸

“It’s going to be very hard for the U.S. to win the so-called ‘AI Cold War’ if America’s trade policies are simultaneously tanking global markets, discouraging technological investments and potentially undermining traditional alliances with key allies,” says Thierer, who testified before House lawmakers earlier this week about the threat of Chinese AI models like DeepSeek to U.S. national security.

Those policies, which are disrupting the global supply chain and creating major volatility in global markets, may have the unintended effect of driving U.S. allies into the arms of China for their technology needs.

https://fortune.com/2025/04/10/trump-tariffs-china-ai-power-nightmare-american-tech/