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U.S. Economic Report: AI, Quantum, and Biotech Race

12/23/2025

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A U.S. economic security report identifies AI, quantum computing, and biotechnology as central to global competition.
Eric hosts Mike Froman, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss findings.
The discussion notes China’s investment and U.S. market failures underinvesting in quantum and biotech.
It notes supply chain vulnerabilities, a skilled-worker shortage, and contradictions in Trump administration’s stance toward NSF (National Science Foundation) and NIH (National Institutes of Health) funding.

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Story summary

A U.S. economic security report identifies AI, quantum computing, and biotechnology as central to global competition.
Eric hosts Mike Froman, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss findings.
The discussion notes China’s investment and U.S. market failures underinvesting in quantum and biotech.
It notes supply chain vulnerabilities, a skilled-worker shortage, and contradictions in Trump administration’s stance toward NSF (National Science Foundation) and NIH (National Institutes of Health) funding.