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U.S. Commission Warns China Could Lead Data Standards

8/19/2026

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The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission warned the United States must adopt a data strategy that treats data as an economic asset.
It said the United States risks losing global data-standard leadership to China, which could give Chinese firms an advantage in AI and robotics.
Beijing designated data as a key factor of production in 2020 and has built data exchanges that treat it as a tradable resource.

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Story summary

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission warned the United States must adopt a data strategy that treats data as an economic asset.
It said the United States risks losing global data-standard leadership to China, which could give Chinese firms an advantage in AI and robotics.
Beijing designated data as a key factor of production in 2020 and has built data exchanges that treat it as a tradable resource.