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Report to the U.S. president on ensuring American leadership in advanced manufacturing

Source: JournalistsResource.org

The United States has traditionally led the world in the manufacture of advanced technological products, but in recent decades global patterns have shifted. The country recorded a trade surplus in terms of such products as recently as 2001, but by 2010 that trade balance was a deficit of $81 billion. Overall, from 1998 to 2010 the U.S. lost some 6 million general manufacturing jobs and now has only 11.6 million such jobs, representing just 11% of the labor market.

Divergence, similarity and symmetry in perceptions of threat by China and India

Source: JournalistsResource.org

China and India are long-term rivals and nuclear powers who share a contested border. As their relative geopolitical strength increases and ability to project power expands, it is not clear how China and India will interact on the regional and global stages with one another in the years to come.