New Yorker: America Naps While China Races to Future
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- Evan Osnos published a 12-page New Yorker piece titled "The Future, Made in China" arguing that America has been "napping or distracted by trivialities" while China races to dominate future industries
- The piece contends that China is exploiting President Trump's trade, immigration, and budget policies to accelerate its industrial ascendancy over the United States
Why it matters: The piece's most provocative claim is that Trump's signature policies — tariffs, immigration restrictions, and budget priorities — are doing the opposite of their stated aim, actively helping China capture the industries of the future. If Osnos's frame gains traction, it hands critics a powerful new argument: that the administration is accelerating the very competitive decline it claims to prevent.
