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US can't cut China off completely, but must defend AI and American innovation from nonstop theft: Sen Rounds
SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA – China's rampant theft of intellectual property from American institutions and industry must be thwarted as the U.S. battles to remain the world's economic and military leader – but America cannot completely decouple from the economic behemoth, Republican South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. The key, according to Rounds, is maintaining China as a key trade partner without giving them access to America's technology, including artificial intelligence and computer chips. "In doing so, maybe we'll restrict their ability to actually be able to have a market that they can create their own stuff with. They'll be using ours. And in using ours, they'll be our standards," Rounds told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library during the Reagan National Economic Forum on Friday in California. "Let's not necessarily just totally divest. Let's see if we can have an influence on them and the rest of the world as well when it comes to standards for AI and other technological advances in the future," he added. Rounds was among the conference panelists who spoke on the threats China poses as President Donald Trump addresses the country's chronic trade deficit with foreign nations, and his optimism for the future as the U.S. sprints to remain the world's economic and military leader. Spy Surge Sparks Trump Visa Crackdown On Chinese Students Read On The Fox News App Rounds' remarks focused on keeping the U.S. in the driver's seat of the world's economy, which he explained is deeply entwined in technological advances and bucking Chinese theft of intellectual property, while also acknowledging and combating how China has advanced into a "near-peer competitor" with the U.S. from a military standpoint. 'No Reason' For New Nukes: Trump Floats Disarmament Talks With China, Russia "We've got to do a better job of protecting the intellectual properties that we've got. The most advanced types of technologies that we have, everything we can do to slow down their connection with that, protecting against that infiltration or de-filtration of really good information that, right now, they're stealing from us on a regular basis," Rounds said during a panel called "China and the U.S.: When Trading Partners are also Great Power Competitors." He added that China has no qualms about stealing U.S. intellectual property – which is understood as intangible creations, such as patents for inventions or trade secrets such as tech algorithms. Rounds recalled a recent conversation with an ambassador to China who told him their culture does not understand "how someone can own an idea." Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last Wednesday that the U.S. will begin "aggressively" revoking visas of Chinese students, most notably those with ties to the Chinese Communist Party who are trained at U.S. schools, but return to China or feed U.S. information to China. Rounds said the country needed a pause on admitting Chinese nationals with CCP ties into elite U.S. schools until an enforceable agreement is in place protecting intellectual property and processes from Chinese capture. "We have Chinese students that come in here, and then they [maintain] ties back home. And even if they want to stay here, one of the challenges we have is that their family may very well be coerced into requiring them to come back home again. And if that's the case, any of the knowledge that we've helped them to develop here goes back home with them," Rounds said. "Until such time as we're able to address that, and until such time as we're able to be assured that the information that they're getting here, the data that they are catching here, the knowledge that they gain here isn't going to be used against our young men and women in the future, we want to slow this down a little bit. Let's just take a break. Let's not be bringing in these Chinese students that have ties with the Chinese Communist Party, until we have some kind of agreement in place that is enforceable," he said. Rounds explained during the Reagan library forum that protecting U.S. intellectual property from Chinese theft has a ripple effect on U.S. efforts to remain the world's military leader as China seeks parity with America. State Department Says It Will 'Aggressively Revoke' Visas Of Chinese Students "[China is] a strategic challenger for us on the military side. They are a near-peer competitor. And they have an advantage over us in one particular way: They are unified in terms of when Xi Jinping wants to move, it's not just the government that moves, but the entire rest of their economic activity is required to move the way that he wants them to move. We don't have that here. And so for us, we have to recognize that challenge. Now, I'm not suggesting we go the direction that they go, but we have to recognize their ability to move very, very quickly," he said. The Trump administration leveled tariffs as high as 145% on Chinese goods in April, and China retaliated against the president's "Liberation Day" policies with tariffs of its own. China and the U.S. reached a preliminary trade agreement last month, which Trump said China violated in a Truth Social post on Friday. Trump Calls Out Putin, Accuses China Of Not Honoring Trade Deal Terms During 19Th Week In Office "I made a FAST DEAL with China in order to save them from what I thought was going to be a very bad situation, and I didn't want to see that happen. Because of this deal, everything quickly stabilized and China got back to business as usual. Everybody was happy! That is the good news!!! The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US. So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!" he wrote. Rounds explained that the U.S. is in the midst of reaching a favorable trade deal while also acknowledging China has stolen billions of dollars in intellectual property for its own advantage. "We do, right now, really close to about a half a trillion dollars a year in economic activity with China today, but they steal about $600 billion in intellectual property on an annual basis. And so we have this dichotomy of trying to do good trade and at the same time recognizing that they're stealing our property," he said. Rounds said the floodgates of accepting and leveraging AI have not yet opened in the U.S., as many Americans are still hesitant to trust the technology. In mere months and years, however, he said the health industry will see massive overhauls, aided by tech that can quickly identify cancer or diagnose diabetes and Alzheimer's. This will lead American culture to accept AI and rally the private sector's proliferation of it, he said. House China Committee Zeros In On Latest Ccp Efforts To Steal American Agriculture Ip "I think what the American people want to see is, what's in it for them? What improves their quality of life? I think one of the most critical issues – that would really be one of the easiest to get into – is talking about health care. And I firmly believe that Americans will see AI as a benefit to them rather than as a challenge when we start to see cures for diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cancers. And those are all within reach," Rounds told Fox Digital. Rounds added during the forum that when Americans personally feel how their quality of life has improved due to AI, "that's when we'll really see the push across the country to develop AI at a rate that you've never seen before by the private sector, as well." "That's what's going to keep us ahead of China," he said. The forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which is nestled in California's Santa Susana Mountains and the Simi Hills, kicked off on Thursday evening, and featured more than a dozen discussions and panels focused on the economy, artificial intelligence, U.S. defense strategies, the energy sector and more across Friday. Banking leader Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin were among those who joined Rounds in addressing the nation's economic health. "The Reagan Library does an excellent job working on defense issues, and now they've also opened up a seminar basically working on economic issues critical to the United States. And so to come in here and to work with other people that care about the economic well-being of our country, this is an excellent place to do it.… So it's an opportunity for me to really learn what's going on and what other people are thinking about our economy in general," Rounds told Fox Digital of the forum. Jpmorgan's Jamie Dimon Calls On Us To Stockpile Bullets, Rare Earth Instead Of Bitcoin The conference comes as the Senate works to pass the Big Beautiful Bill, which is a sweeping multitrillion-dollar piece of legislation that advances Trump's agenda on taxes, immigration, energy, defense and the national debt. Rounds said the legislation must pass or Americans will see their taxes spike. "We don't have a choice. We have to pass the bill to get the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act back in place on a permanent basis. If we don't do that, the average American family is going to see about a $2,400 a year increase in their taxes. So we have to do something. And it's critical that we pass this bill. We're going to work with the House. We're gonna get this deal done. The Senate will put their mark of approval on it, but nonetheless, we want to do everything we can as quickly as we can to take care of this so that we can get on to other things. The president has made it very clear he wants to get this done. We want to help in that regard. This is our job," he article source: US can't cut China off completely, but must defend AI and American innovation from nonstop theft: Sen Rounds
Fox News
4 days ago
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US can't cut China off completely, but must defend AI and American innovation from nonstop theft: Sen Rounds
SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA – China's rampant theft of intellectual property from American institutions and industry must be thwarted as the U.S. battles to remain the world's economic and military leader – but America cannot completely decouple from the economic behemoth, Republican South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. The key, according to Rounds, is maintaining China as a key trade partner without giving them access to America's technology, including artificial intelligence and computer chips. "In doing so, maybe we'll restrict their ability to actually be able to have a market that they can create their own stuff with. They'll be using ours. And in using ours, they'll be our standards," Rounds told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library during the Reagan National Economic Forum on Friday in California. "Let's not necessarily just totally divest. Let's see if we can have an influence on them and the rest of the world as well when it comes to standards for AI and other technological advances in the future," he added. Rounds was among the conference panelists who spoke on the threats China poses as President Donald Trump addresses the country's chronic trade deficit with foreign nations, and his optimism for the future as the U.S. sprints to remain the world's economic and military leader. Rounds' remarks focused on keeping the U.S. in the driver's seat of the world's economy, which he explained is deeply entwined in technological advances and bucking Chinese theft of intellectual property, while also acknowledging and combating how China has advanced into a "near-peer competitor" with the U.S. from a military standpoint. "We've got to do a better job of protecting the intellectual properties that we've got. The most advanced types of technologies that we have, everything we can do to slow down their connection with that, protecting against that infiltration or de-filtration of really good information that, right now, they're stealing from us on a regular basis," Rounds said during a panel called "China and the U.S.: When Trading Partners are also Great Power Competitors." He added that China has no qualms about stealing U.S. intellectual property – which is understood as intangible creations, such as patents for inventions or trade secrets such as tech algorithms. Rounds recalled a recent conversation with an ambassador to China who told him their culture does not understand "how someone can own an idea." Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last Wednesday that the U.S. will begin "aggressively" revoking visas of Chinese students, most notably those with ties to the Chinese Communist Party who are trained at U.S. schools, but return to China or feed U.S. information to China. Rounds said the country needed a pause on admitting Chinese nationals with CCP ties into elite U.S. schools until an enforceable agreement is in place protecting intellectual property and processes from Chinese capture. "We have Chinese students that come in here, and then they [maintain] ties back home. And even if they want to stay here, one of the challenges we have is that their family may very well be coerced into requiring them to come back home again. And if that's the case, any of the knowledge that we've helped them to develop here goes back home with them," Rounds said. "Until such time as we're able to address that, and until such time as we're able to be assured that the information that they're getting here, the data that they are catching here, the knowledge that they gain here isn't going to be used against our young men and women in the future, we want to slow this down a little bit. Let's just take a break. Let's not be bringing in these Chinese students that have ties with the Chinese Communist Party, until we have some kind of agreement in place that is enforceable," he said. Rounds explained during the Reagan library forum that protecting U.S. intellectual property from Chinese theft has a ripple effect on U.S. efforts to remain the world's military leader as China seeks parity with America. "[China is] a strategic challenger for us on the military side. They are a near-peer competitor. And they have an advantage over us in one particular way: They are unified in terms of when Xi Jinping wants to move, it's not just the government that moves, but the entire rest of their economic activity is required to move the way that he wants them to move. We don't have that here. And so for us, we have to recognize that challenge. Now, I'm not suggesting we go the direction that they go, but we have to recognize their ability to move very, very quickly," he said. The Trump administration leveled tariffs as high as 145% on Chinese goods in April, and China retaliated against the president's "Liberation Day" policies with tariffs of its own. China and the U.S. reached a preliminary trade agreement last month, which Trump said China violated in a Truth Social post on Friday. "I made a FAST DEAL with China in order to save them from what I thought was going to be a very bad situation, and I didn't want to see that happen. Because of this deal, everything quickly stabilized and China got back to business as usual. Everybody was happy! That is the good news!!! The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US. So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!" he wrote. Rounds explained that the U.S. is in the midst of reaching a favorable trade deal while also acknowledging China has stolen billions of dollars in intellectual property for its own advantage. "We do, right now, really close to about a half a trillion dollars a year in economic activity with China today, but they steal about $600 billion in intellectual property on an annual basis. And so we have this dichotomy of trying to do good trade and at the same time recognizing that they're stealing our property," he said. Rounds said the floodgates of accepting and leveraging AI have not yet opened in the U.S., as many Americans are still hesitant to trust the technology. In mere months and years, however, he said the health industry will see massive overhauls, aided by tech that can quickly identify cancer or diagnose diabetes and Alzheimer's. This will lead American culture to accept AI and rally the private sector's proliferation of it, he said. "I think what the American people want to see is, what's in it for them? What improves their quality of life? I think one of the most critical issues – that would really be one of the easiest to get into – is talking about health care. And I firmly believe that Americans will see AI as a benefit to them rather than as a challenge when we start to see cures for diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cancers. And those are all within reach," Rounds told Fox Digital. Rounds added during the forum that when Americans personally feel how their quality of life has improved due to AI, "that's when we'll really see the push across the country to develop AI at a rate that you've never seen before by the private sector, as well." "That's what's going to keep us ahead of China," he said. The forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which is nestled in California's Santa Susana Mountains and the Simi Hills, kicked off on Thursday evening, and featured more than a dozen discussions and panels focused on the economy, artificial intelligence, U.S. defense strategies, the energy sector and more across Friday. Banking leader Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin were among those who joined Rounds in addressing the nation's economic health. "The Reagan Library does an excellent job working on defense issues, and now they've also opened up a seminar basically working on economic issues critical to the United States. And so to come in here and to work with other people that care about the economic well-being of our country, this is an excellent place to do it.… So it's an opportunity for me to really learn what's going on and what other people are thinking about our economy in general," Rounds told Fox Digital of the forum. The conference comes as the Senate works to pass the Big Beautiful Bill, which is a sweeping multitrillion-dollar piece of legislation that advances Trump's agenda on taxes, immigration, energy, defense and the national debt. Rounds said the legislation must pass or Americans will see their taxes spike. "We don't have a choice. We have to pass the bill to get the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act back in place on a permanent basis. If we don't do that, the average American family is going to see about a $2,400 a year increase in their taxes. So we have to do something. And it's critical that we pass this bill. We're going to work with the House. We're gonna get this deal done. The Senate will put their mark of approval on it, but nonetheless, we want to do everything we can as quickly as we can to take care of this so that we can get on to other things. The president has made it very clear he wants to get this done. We want to help in that regard. This is our job," he said.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Old Testament scrolls on view in California
Faith is an integral part of millions of Americans' daily lives. 'One Nation Under God' is committed to reflecting America's voices, values and communities, covering stories of faith and religion, from the latest headlines to stories of hope. Subscribe here. (NewsNation) — For the first time in more than a decade, an Old Testament scroll is available to view in person in the United States. The scroll, known as 4Q41, a fragment from the Dead Sea Scrolls that includes the Ten Commandments, is on display at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Pope Francis' legacy of serving the poor and marginalized The scroll was discovered in the Qumran Cave in the Judean Desert in 1952, about 6 miles outside of Jericho, in the West Bank. It contains two passages from Deuteronomy, 8:5-10 and 5:1–6:1. These passages include the Ten Commandments, a foundational text for both Judaism and Christianity. The Ten Commandments were laws or commands delivered by God to Moses for the people of Israel on tablets of stone on Mount Sinai. They were included in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy. They are considered part of the Mosaic Law. International leaders pay tribute to Pope Francis 4Q41 is the oldest known Ten Commandments scroll. It dates back between 30 and 1 BC, meaning it's more than 2,000 years old. The scrolls are extremely precious. They are on display at the Reagan Library until April 24, 2025. They were hand-carried from the Israel Antiquities Authority to California for the exhibit. They are housed in darkness in Israel but are allowed to spend two weeks on display every two years to avoid their degradation. The Reagan Library asked that they be displayed during Easter and Passover this year. 'We specifically chose the week surrounding Easter and Passover. … This is a time of year where people are taking moments in their day to participate in their religion, so we thought it was important that the Ten Commandments Scroll be here in this time period,' Melissa Giller, chief marketing officer for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, told NewsNation. The library is also hosting additional Dead Sea Scrolls found in Qumran until September 2025. They are urging visitors that if they want to see the Old Testament scrolls on this extremely limited run, they should order tickets ahead of time. You can purchase tickets on the library's website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
31-01-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
Letters to the editor: Focus on reducing water waste; following familiar playbook
Letters to the editor: Focus on reducing water waste; following familiar playbook Prioritizing water conservation In an effort to reduce water waste, the city of Camarillo will now submit water usage reports every year on Jan. 1, starting this year in 2025. Along with this, the city will be following a budget for residential and outdoor water usage, and I believe that prioritizing these water use objectives, and water conservation in general, will help strengthen our communities against the dangers of future wildfires. Wildfires spread more rapidly in dry environments, and combined with Santa Ana winds, these fires are hard to contain. In addition, California's water supply has been a prevalent issue throughout this state's history. Due to how the water supply is divided up to focus on different needs, such as agricultural, environmental, and communal needs, our supply is being spread thinly. Meeting these needs is important, but it affects our water pressure and strains the system, making fires harder to control. But water conservation could help protect and extend your local water supply. By conserving water, we could also minimize the negative impact of wildfires, droughts, and climate change on our farms, ecosystems, and communities. This is why Camarillo, and California as a whole, should continue to focus on reducing water waste. The Camarillo City Council should also bring more attention to conservation rebates and incentives, which include water-efficient appliances, irrigation controllers, and sprinkler nozzles. Residents could help by visiting and doing research on these programs and water conservation itself. Another way residents can help is by following tips from to reduce water usage around the house and yard. While some citizens may feel that water conservation is a problem bigger than them, every citizen could protect their communities by spreading the word and doing their part by using water responsibly. Kate Macias, Camarillo Purposely following playbook Re: Ingrid Jacques' Jan. 25 column, 'The left regresses to cancel culture': Either Ms. Jacques is woefully ignorant or chooses to be blind to reality. Those on the left who compare Trump to Hitler are not name calling; it's the truth. I visited the Auschwitz exhibit at the Reagan Library last year and have viewed the PBS series 'The Rise of the Nazis.' Trump and Stephen Miller are purposely following the playbook of Hitler and Himmler. Track down the PBS series, which you can stream, for yourself and look at the comparisons. That's not name calling (which Trump excels at). It's looking clearly at the actions and intentions. This is exactly how democracies crumble. Carl Morehouse, Ventura
