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If you have been fortunate enough to spend time in the American West, it is very likely you’ve watched in wonder as the expansive wings of a red-tailed hawk glide across the never-ending blue sky. These majestic beasts are assertive, agile, and strong, fiercely defending their nests and territories. While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the “China hawk” label “a badge of shame,” it is one we at The Vandenberg Coalition wear with pride.
Mr. Huang posits that we might work collaboratively with the Chinese Communist Party to build a more prosperous future, saying it “doesn’t have to be all us or them.” Mr. Huang spent some time last week on Capitol Hill arguing in favor of his worldview. This included fighting against the inclusion of Senator Jim Banks’s (R-IN) GAIN AI Act, which would prevent advanced artificial intelligence chips from being exported to arms embargoed countries if demands from American companies remain unmet, from this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. Unfortunately, he was successful.
Meanwhile, on the same day Nvidia’s CEO walked the congressional halls, we hosted Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), a fellow China hawk, as part of our Future of Conservative Foreign Policy Series. Chairman Moolenaar reminded the audience that while Mr. Huang’s job is to sell as many chips as possible, giving China access to our most advanced chips is not in America’s national security interests—nor is it even in the long-term interests of American companies like Nvidia.
We hawks can see clearly that Nvidia’s short-term gains from the selling of these chips to China don’t outweigh the long-term pain for company and country. Partnership with China, especially in critical technologies, has never worked in our favor, and it won’t work this time either. As with many previous cases, China’s goal remains to gain the best technology, replicate it, bring it to scale, and ultimately ensure both Mr. Huang and the United States no longer have a seat at the table. As proud China hawks committed to defending our homes and nation from the existential threat posed by China, we must continue making the case to the American people that sacrificing our future for short-term profit is a bad deal.
- Anne Lord, Director of Government Affairs at The Vandenberg Coalition
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