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DeepSeek – then a relatively obscure Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up – turned the global tech ecosystem upside down The company released its first free chatbot app based on the proprietary DeepSeek-V3 model That model and application perform as well as their most cutting-edge US counterparts produced by the likes of OpenAI and Google DeepSeek did all of this despite the bevy of technology export controls imposed by the US government on the Chinese market DeepSeek did not necessarily evade these US tech restrictions The company used export control-compliant technology and with that technology managed to deliver large language model (LLM) capabilities equal to or better than those offered by Western champions at a fraction of the cost and with a fraction of the chips required This reflects a critical reality of China's strategic approach to technological competition Beijing prioritizes applied science and technology; the industrial capacity and infrastructure behind it; and cost-efficiency and scalability This approach might not make Beijing a first mover in technological breakthroughs but it is likely to make China a leader in operationalizing and profiting from those breakthroughs Neither US investments in cutting-edge technology nor efforts to protect it from China will prevent that outcome Download What DeepSeek taught us about the gaps in US tech strategy by Nathan Picarsic and Emily de la Bruyère: The US has been in a technological contest with China for the past decade and has deployed a "small yard on a targeted set of priority technologies to restrict major Chinese technological breakthroughs based on cutting-edge Western chips The goal has been to impede Beijing's progress in critical technology sectors at a critical moment in geopolitical competition to sustain America's technological supremacy DeepSeek's "Sputnik moment" makes it clear that Washington's tech denial strategy is neither preventing China's advance nor protecting US technological advantage Tech denial has pushed Chinese companies to take alternative approaches to hardware and architecture that use more legacy The emergence of DeepSeek is not an isolated case but the latest in a string of Chinese breakthroughs in critical sectors that skirt restricted technologies and in today’s geopolitical and technological environment not even the highest fences can protect American "crown jewels" or keep America ahead in frontier fields like AI And doing so might not be what actually matters The US has relied on export controls as a core tool in its effort to impede China’s technological progress but the real strategic contest may not be around which player develops a capability first but around which player can apply that capability at scale Export controls have not materially slowed China's ability to develop even in the fields that the US has prioritized most aggressively Modern technology is increasingly defined by bits rather than atoms a nation that allocates its resources toward industrial capacity and applications of proven technologies may have an advantage Tech denial remains a valid element of a "protect" playbook in technological competition It can impose costs on rivals seeking to catch up in critical fields with national security implications But it cannot be the sole basis of an effective strategy There are indications that a rethinking is underway in Washington with an increased emphasis on the upstream segments of technology value chains on the private sector as a key agent in the process and on protecting the US market rather than US technology Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum's comment about the AI arms race with China came in the context of electricity explaining that the US should increase its domestic supply of energy to power AI Just five days after Burgum’s confirmation hearing and Oracle were planning a joint venture dubbed Stargate that would invest some US$500 billion in developing the data center infrastructure for AI Washington seems to be in the process of reassessing its assumptions about technological competition – what it is how government can contribute to market interactions and how to ultimately win against an adversary focused on unseating America’s incumbency if translated into government action and guidance stands to transform the US and global markets and America’s relationship with both with its allies and competitors Technology matters for contemporary economic development and security and plays a significant role in the US-China contest In a May 2021 speech at a National Congress of the China Association of Science and Technology President Xi Jinping declared that “science and technology have become the main battlefield of the international strategic game…The competition around the commanding heights of science and technology is unprecedentedly fierce.” United States leaders are equally explicit Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has argued that "whoever wins the race to the technologies of the future is going to be the global economic leader." But while Beijing and Washington may have diagnosed the same overarching competitive reality they have engaged with it in very different ways China has prioritized applied science and technology and the industrial capacity and infrastructure behind it moving up the value chain only once it has established sufficient control over core technologies and their inputs Beijing has generally sought to be a fast follower and to control the techno-industrial foundation in priority sectors the US government has overwhelmingly prioritized developing early-stage research and development and then protecting This approach was particularly evident during the Biden administration which saw unprecedented government investment in cutting-edge semiconductor research and development and the use of tech denial as a suite of first resort This emphasis on tech denial and upstream investment stems from a fundamental US assumption about the competition underway The US tends to interpret technology competition through the framework of an "innovation race," and to assume that leadership in cutting-edge technology bestows geopolitical advantage and that the first mover in a given field is best positioned to own that field's development and returns over time The United States also tends to assume that American innovation will always mean global leadership in tech deployment But the success of DeepSeek clearly shows this is not what happened asymmetric approach to technology competition This is evident in policy: the National Medium and Long-Term Science and Technology Development Plan (2006-2020) called for the "digestion and re-innovation of imported technologies"; a 2019 article in a journal published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences explains that while today’s great power competition is about science and technology it revolves not around innovation but around the "rapid application of the industrial chain." China does not intend to replicate the Western development path It may well also find less – or at least a different kind of – value in the technological crown jewels that America has invested so heavily in protecting What might matter more in today’s technological competition is the ability to apply and to scale breakthroughs – and to protect not necessarily downstream technologies but the value chains supporting their production Addressing that competitive space requires investment in industrial capacity the US will be most successful if it is able to leverage its allies and partners in making those investments and developing that industrial capacity A holistic American strategy that deprioritizes technology protection and instead pursues market protection as a line of first resort will place more pressure on US trading partners It may also lead to a spiraling of barriers to trade and foreign investment Traditional trading partners of the United States will have to adjust for a rapidly changing global economic system Their options will include trying more aggressively to protect their own markets to become more integrated into the protected US market and to develop closer economic relations with China this necessitates a US strategy oriented around the promotion of industrial capacity and technological deployment – strengths and resources that actually create advantage in today’s competition Download the full paper here © The Hinrich Foundation. 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All rights reserved. 2nd Earl of Snowdon and Isabelle de La Bruyère were spotted enjoying a dinner at London's VIP Michelin celebration at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair on 26 February It appears that David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon and son of the late Princess Margaret, has made quite the impression on his girlfriend, Isabelle de La Bruyère. Love has bloomed on the streets of Mayfair as the two have been whiling away the hours during date nights at the Mandarin Oriental and trips to the private members’ club George over the past few months Tatler examines Sir Keir’s secret weapon, Victoria Starmer, in this feature first published in September 2022 According to historian Marlene Eilers Koenig Isabelle was born in France in September 1971 to real estate tycoon Jean Henri Brion Chopin de la Bruyere and his second wife was an Olympic sailor and pioneering figure in the history of French aviation working her way through the ranks to reach the upper echelons of Christie’s management Her most recent endeavour is as CEO of the Opera Gallery Group which represents the likes of Ellen Von Unwerth and Nick Gentry and Isabelle Chopin De La Bruyere attend The Serpentine Summer Party in June 2024 Art connoisseur Isabelle has leant her expertise to Christie's for twenty years and now looks to lead the Opera art gallery group to similar levels of success Who’s sitting in the Wimbledon Royal Box this year?By Isaac BickerstaffRead MorePrincess Margaret's granddaughter told Tatler that childhood memories with grandfather Antony inspired her to study photography, as well as the art of jewellery Boucheron and the rest of the haute joaillerie world The 22-year-old made her debut on the cover of Tatler’s May 2023 edition detailing how her royal upbringing shaped her relationship with her father ‘I was amazed by how much goes into it all,’ said Margarita of her visits to David’s studio ‘And also how much everyone loved their job her father will step up at The Prince’s Foundation So close that one of the King’s old barns at Highgrove has now become the Snowdon School of Furniture where the earl will mentor the furniture-makers of the future David Armstrong-Jones – pictured here at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 – split from Serena Stanhope four years ago The couple – who announced their ‘amicable’ divorce in 2020 – met when her Irish grandfather, the 12th Earl of Harrington, asked David to design furniture for him. Their 1993 wedding at St Margaret’s Westminster was a stellar affair attended by 650 guests, including Elton John, the Aga Khan and King Constantine II of Greece While others may be somewhat intimidated by a sudden rise to this most illustrious of family circles it appears that Isabelle has her feet firmly on the ground telling Artnet that ‘life truly is all about relationships and I have my friends to thank for being constant sources of wisdom and good humour.’ It sounds like the portrait of a perfect relationship This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page It's a must-see play that will take you from laughter to tears then at the Théâtre la Bruyère from September 2023 The audience is confronted with a tragic love story between Jeanne and Arthur The actors take the audience through a real emotional rollercoaster The spectator is quickly caught up in the story which is so simple and beautiful at the start because even the least sensitive will end up shedding a tear Marie-Julie Baup and Thierry Lopez 's play gives you faith in love as much as it scares you about the reality of life strong music and lighting effects plunge the audience into the world of the play and they don't let go of the story until the curtain comes down A more than successful gamble for the author duo Refer your establishment, click here Promote your event, click here the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party's Critical Minerals Policy Working Group held its third meeting to examine the intersection of forced labor and sustainability in the mining of critical minerals The roundtable explored policies aimed at reducing dependence on entities involved in forced labor violations around the world and highlighted opportunities for the U.S and its allies to collaborate on addressing forced labor issues Members heard from experts including Mr. Peter Mattis, President, of The Jamestown Foundation, Ms. Emily De La Bruyere, Senior Fellow, at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies & co-founder of Horizon Advisory, and Dr. Jennifer Hinton Video & B-roll for public broadcast and distribution is available HERE (Email sccpressteam@mail.house.gov for passcode to access media All media is permissible to use in any format) Rob Wittman discusses how China controls the critical mineral supply chains: “People are so intimidated or co-opted by China that rarely do they ever speak out How do we gather enough efforts around the world to counter that China has a significant power advantage on these countries that they’re looking to exploit.” Click HERE for Rep. Wittman's opening remarks as prepared for delivery. Rep. Kathy Castor opens the working group meeting: “You all are here…to help us craft some policies that the Congress hopefully can pass to empower our domestic [critical mineral] industries and… to do this with allies and partners across the globe.” Mr. Peter Mattis, President, The Jamestown Foundation, describes the US vs. China competition. “If we just spend a little more time on the practice field… we can prepare ourselves.. The challenge we face requires bold vision. It’s the nature of the competition we are in. We must take action to mobilize Western industry behind U.S. leadership.” Ms. Emily de La Bruyere, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies: “Chinese industrial policy is funded by non-market and state support, and it’s fueled by human rights abuses, including forced labor... also total disregard for environmental regulation… In critical minerals and metals, we depend on China.” Dr. Jennifer Hinton, Group Manager ESG, Jervois Global, describes U.S. vulnerabilities in the critical minerals supply chains: “The vulnerability of the U.S. — having virtually no cobalt stockpiles, even though [cobalt] is used in things like aerospace and defense… It is a real issue.” Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account It seems the Earl of Snowdon is still enamoured with his French girlfriend Princess Margaret’s son was seen in a passionate clinch with the art expert on Tuesday outside A-listers’ hangout Chiltern Firehouse. The couple dined al fresco with Isabelle tenderly stroking her beau’s face and Snowdon planting kisses on her cheeks, as she clutched her vape. Two empty champagne flutes could be seen on their table, but what could they be toasting? Their romance began in 2022 and there is still no ring on Isabelle’s left hand. It is the Earl’s first known romance since he split from Serena Stanhope, 52, in 2020, after 27 years of marriage. This comes shortly after King Charles's cousin was spotted kissing his French girlfriend in Mayfair earlier this year. Earlier in Marhc, David, 62-year-old son of the late Princess Margaret, was seen smooching up a storm with Isabelle de La Bruyere. The carpenter, who established the home furnishings shop Linley, kissed her on the cheek outside George private members' club, before he made off into the night on his bicycle. When Lord Snowdon announced his separation from his wife, Serena, in 2020, after 27 years of marriage, friends blamed the amount of time that he had to spend working abroad. French-born Isabelle, who's believed to be in her 50s, was a director of Christie's, while he's the honorary chair-man of the auction house. No one seems to have shared their thoughts on this topic yetLeave a comment so your voice will be heard first. {{message}} breakthroughs in information technology have created a globalized environment in which global supply chains and markets entangle the international system in a common web Beijing has taken advantage of the globalization trend and is now orders of magnitude more economically integrated into the international system today than was the Soviet Union China has maintained a trade-to-gross domestic product ratio above 30% US strategy has not updated in light of this change in the strategic environment consensus playbook for competing with China is one of technology and capital restrictions paired with efforts to mimic China’s state-led industrial policy – otherwise known as the "small yard dovetailing those adopted by the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM) during the Cold War This reflexive complacency may well be strategic malpractice and an ill-timed refutation of contemporary market forces They yield a near-certain path to ceding strategic advantage in critical technology fields and the economic and security competitions that depend on them Download Fenced in: The need to move beyond America's new containment by Nathan Picarsic and Emily de la Bruyère: the impossibility of the defensive side – the technology and capital restrictions aimed at containing China goods and capital move quickly and in patterns that can be difficult to detect or monitor China has been able to deliberately position its economy to avoid the US containment restrictions by building international outposts developing partnerships with actors that have preferred access to the US system China’s now well documented "localization" in Mexico as well as its influence campaign in international governance and market organizations are just some examples the offensive element of the US consensus playbook – the efforts to mimic China’s state-led enterprise-driven approach – face its own obstacles The US is a decentralized system defined by separation of powers not only within government but also between government and the private sector such an approach imperils the free and open economic system in ways that cede advantage to its adversaries America’s tactics has diminished goodwill with global allies and partners and the multilateral fora at which they sit The European reaction to the Inflation Reduction Act proves the point with a tit-for-tat of industrial policy reflected in the launch of the "Green Deal Industrial Plan." there is a lesson to be drawn from the Cold War But it is a lesson on how to think strategically – not of what specific strategic levers to adopt enterprise-driven" economic model and its "military-civil fusion" strategy both ensure government influence over They build on strengths of the Chinese system and target weaknesses of the US approach to competition – all informed by the historical lessons of the Cold War and a deliberate study of the US system In response, the US needs a strategy of mobilization to solidify and sustain American strength over China and to re-establish the market-based vitality of the global trading system, write Nathan Picarsic and Emily de la Bruyère of Horizon Advisory Such a strategy would prioritize creating an environment in which the private sector can compete – both by lowering regulatory barriers and providing a supporting infrastructure – and ensuring that the free trade system functions properly and sets disincentives for allies and potential geopolitical rivals from engaging in a race to the bottom of non-market behavior Download the full paper here Princess Margaret's son is often seen showering his French girlfriend with love So will he be cosying up with her when he celebrates his 63rd birthday on Sunday next week The 2nd Earl of Snowdon David Armstrong-Jones began his romance with Isabelle de la Bruyere in 2022 His relationship with the art expert began two years after he split from his wife In September, Mr Armstrong-Jones was seen kissing Ms de la Bruyere's cheek outside the Chiltern Firehouse hotel and restaurant in London. The couple embraced and, at one point, she lovingly placed her hand on his cheek. Mr Armstrong-Jones, who owns a bespoke furniture-making business, appears to be smitten with his French girlfriend and was also spotted kissing her in Mayfair earlier this year. Born into royalty on November 3, 1961, he is the eldest child of Princess Margaret and photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones - the first Earl of Snowdon. Mr Armstrong-Jones's birth at Clarence House in London was celebrated with a toast from his father when he gathered doctors at his private suite. The Daily Mail reported that he said: 'To my son. God bless him!' He weighed 6lb 4oz and was born Viscount Linley. He succeeded to the Earl of Snowdon title after his father died in 2017. A bulletin announcing his birth read: 'The condition of Her Royal Highness and the baby is satisfactory.' Visiting Royal Holloway College later that day, the Queen Mother told students: 'The baby is a lovely little boy. I am very excited about it all. This has been a wonderful day for me to come and see you.' The earl has a younger sister, Lady Sarah Chatto, 60, and the pair spent a lot of their childhood with royal relatives at Buckingham Palace. Mr Armstrong Jones honed his creative skills at the School for Craftsmen in Wood at Parnham House in Beaminster, Dorset, in the 1980s. In September 1982, the Mail reported how Princess Margaret attended an exhibition where her son was showing a sycamore and leather inlay cabinet he had crafted. It was priced at £2,500 at the time and was 'based on a design for storing Japanese kimonos', Mr Armstrong-Jones said at the time. He eventually opened his own furniture design company and built up a wealthy customer base and, at one point, his designs were stocked by Harrods. Elton John and Mick Jagger are said to have been fans of his work. The earl met Ms Stanhope after her father commissioned some furniture from him and they married in 1993 at St Margaret's Church, which is in the grounds of Westminster Abbey. Their wedding was attended by members of the Royal Family and his aunt, Queen Elizabeth II, was among the 650 guests. The couple, who have two children, Charles and Margarita, announced their divorce in 2020. At the time, a spokesman said they had 'amicably agreed that their marriage has come to an end'. Major terror attack 'was just HOURS away' before it was foiled by the special forces and police:... Victim of acid attack 'plotted by his ex-partner who teamed up with a gang' dies in hospital six... We are trapped in unsellable newbuild homes after a £52m dual carriageway was built on our... Horror as $4.5M influencer-laden yacht SINKS off Miami... after glam women made a rookie maritime... Pub is forced to pay family £75,000 after wrongly accusing them of 'dine and dash' over £150... 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Husband of British mother, 65, who was knifed to death in French village says her affair is a... {{message}} Directed by Éric Bu, La Voix d'Or is much more than just a musical show: it's a veritable plunge into the intense universe between theater and musical comedy offering a fine platform for post-war French chanson through the moving stories of key figures of the era Within the walls of Théâtre Actuel La Bruyère spectators discover the story of Charles Gentès and Christine Vercel tormentedlove affair is the beating heart of this show to tell the story of Charles Gentes and Christine Vercel in a musical The name La Voix d'Or comes from the nickname given to Charles Gentès are brought back to life through a scenic reconstruction that skilfully blends reality and fiction the reconstitution is also reflected in the elaborate sets and important details you won't know whether you're in the Théâtre Actuel La Bruyère or a theater from the 50s Today’s geopolitical environment is increasingly shaped by conflict the West largely relies on economic statecraft – sanctions and retaliatory tariffs – to respond to global instability This inclination towards economic and financial tools is driven by a variety of factors including the greater availability of such tools the desire to use direct kinetic confrontation only as a last resort as well as needing to engage largely only upon lower-level forms of military conflict in the last two decades these tools are best suited for tactical competitions and non-peer competitors such as non-sate and pariah state entities and financial resources to wage economic warfare against its major rivals Moscow has continued its revanchist global offensive Under a barrage of US technological restrictions and sanctions Chinese companies have continued to develop breakthrough Beijing has increased its leverage over global supply chains and markets and US commercial champions have continued to build out their ties to China Download A new war fought with old arms: The limits of economic statecraft by Emily de la Bruyère and Nathan Picarsic: US attempts to impose economic costs on China and Russia over recent years have failed to pair offense with defense and tariffs that risks intensifying conflict without achieving objectives it risks sowing global geopolitical cleavages and injecting greater uncertainty into the global environment de La Bruyère, who is from New York City, had an internship at the U.S an experience she said led her to realize that "no one country's take on foreign relations is ever entirely right." who speaks fluent French and conversational Mandarin is interested in broadening her understanding of international relations "I hope to make Sino-American relations my life's work," said de La Bruyère who plans to enroll in Officer Candidate School and serve in the U.S military after her two years in Paris. have prepared her to study Chinese and Taiwanese legal development in a specialized way at Sciences Po she spent the spring semester in Taipei conducting research for her senior thesis on Taiwanese constitutionalism she assisted in teaching a Wilson School task force on Chinese law. Naval War College researching Chinese surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. de La Bruyère spent a summer in Beijing studying Mandarin and a summer in Shanghai working as an au pair studying Chinese and volunteering on a farm She also has volunteered on a farm in Dordogne de La Bruyère is captain of the varsity cross-country team; a Princeton Writing Center fellow and journal editor; and a peer academic adviser. She has published articles on foreign policy and national security issues in print and online venues and is working on communications and marketing strategies to help launch a French tech startup I will add the French perspective to my American one; develop from an undergraduate China-watcher to a policy specialist and China expert; and I hope move from student and athlete to scholar and officer," de La Bruyère said. Martin Flaherty a visiting professor of public and international affairs met de La Bruyère in a junior Policy Task Force at the Wilson School The project — "Promoting the Rule of Law: Is There a Role for the U.S.?" — included presentations at the State Department and the White House "Emily's performance was spectacular throughout," Flaherty said including "a genuine star presence in her oral presentations leading up to what could only be characterized as command performances" on Capitol Hill "Emily's fluency in French and familiarity with Paris having worked at the embassy would all but guarantee she would thrive at Sciences Po one of France's leading social science universities," Flaherty added I can think of few people in the country who could claim a better foundation for pursuing these areas." Subscribe to Our Newsletters The Sino-US superpower competition is mostly playing out in industrial and technological fields with real consequences for multinationals accustomed to a borderless world The private sector is slowly coming to terms with the new zeitgeist and its corresponding vocabulary: “deglobalization,” “decoupling,” “de-risking,” and all their variations But while de-risking is real and underway, the implications for global trade and investment remain a matter of negotiation for Western markets. Such divergence could be traced, according to authors Nathan Picarsic and Emily de la Bruyere of Horizon Advisory to China's goal for asymmetric interdependence The strategic ideology of the Chinese Communist Party aims to have the world depend on China more than China depends on the world From China's increased share of global production and sustained share of world trade it should be apparent that Beijing could very well endure "de-risking" Any attempt to redress Beijing's policy would amount to more significant rewiring of global commerce than most realize Download The price of dependency: The rhetoric and reality of de-risking US-China ties by Nathan Picarsic and Emily de la Bruyère: TX) - The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have officially announced a new collaboration between the two organizations uniquely positioned within the government to embrace innovative technologies aimed at bolstering national security signed during a live panel at the Capital Factory as part of SXSW 2024 programming signals a significant milestone in how the Department leverages cutting-edge solutions to address evolving threats in an increasingly complex global landscape “Formalizing this relationship is in direct support of DIU’s 3.0 strategic plan - which includes working with partners across the Department to take advantage of opportunities to generate impact through shared best practices and enhanced teamwork,” said DIU Director Doug Beck and Director of Science & Technology of the ODNI John Beieler led a panel discussion moderated by Emily de La Bruyere at the Capital Factory House at SXSW event on March 10 During the event leaders officially announced a new collaboration between the two organizations DIU and ODNI will leverage their respective expertise and networks to identify emerging technologies that can enhance intelligence gathering both entities seek to better coordinate a demand signal to industry and then expedite the deployment of innovative solutions maximizing efficiency and effectiveness in fulfilling their missions “The ODNI is committed to leveraging the latest advances in technology to fulfill the IC’s critical mission of providing timely and accurate intelligence to policymakers and warfighters,” said Director “Partnering with the Defense Innovation Unit allows us to tap into a diverse array of innovative solutions and capabilities that can enhance our effectiveness and strengthen our nation's security posture.” DIU has several ongoing projects with the intelligence community that are focused on shared problem sets including open-source intelligence (OSINT) and the power to control,” explained a 2015 article in China’s Zhejiang Daily the one who obtains the standards gains the world.” Six years later the world is just beginning to recognize the breadth of China’s ambitions and the role that standard setting plays in Beijing’s aspirations Chinese planning documents indicate that Beijing sees regional trade agreements including the RCEP and investment plans such as the BRI as platforms through which to influence international standards Government planning documents also indicate that Beijing’s ambitions range from shaping international standards for agricultural production especially in Central Asia and ASEAN countries Beijing does not support a neutral architecture where iterative negotiating strives for technical interoperability Beijing promotes an architecture that bolsters and cements Chinese competitiveness the consequences of this approach will reverberate across the international system Download 'China's quest to shape the world through standards setting' by Emily de la Bruyere: Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Texas to the late John Raymond and Rebecca Jane “Becky” {Davis} LaBruyere Fred was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Park Hills He was a real estate agent for over 20 years He loved helping his son Chris by being the assistant basketball coach of West County High School but most of all Fred is survived by his loving wife of 19 years Blake Stevens and wife Brianna; seven grandchildren Callum Stevens and Catrianna Stevens; siblings Chris LaBruyere and wife Debbie and Andy LaBruyere and wife Melissa; in-laws Bev and Barry Helm along with several nieces at the funeral home from 11:00 AM until service time of 1:00 PM with Deacon Mike Burch officiating Memorials if desired can be made to the American Cancer Society Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Due to recent events, you can now leave online condolences with each obituary posted on the Kutis Funeral Home website. 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Click HERE to review the information on eligibility and requirements on the COVID-19 Funeral Emigene LaBruyere (1929-2023) MO passed peacefully at the age of 93 on February 8 the first of five children to Hallie and Emma Volner She was preceded in death by her late husband Chester W Jean was the beloved mother of Chester (Shari) LaBruyere Jr grandmother to Tyler LaBruyere and Cody (Elizabeth) LaBruyere great grandmother to Lillian LaBruyere and Norah LaBruyere aunt and friend to all who were blessed to have known her especially playing her musical instruments which included the piano Her strong faith encouraged her to donate to many charities and to help others whenever she could because she believed that in doing so she was also serving God’s will Jean will be remembered by all that knew her for her kindness Although she may be temporarily gone from our sight Our thoughts are with you every moment since you were called to Our Lord’s loving arms We miss you terribly and will see you again when the Lord opens His gates to us and all you love you One of the best neighbors anyone could ever have We loved chatting with Jean after our walks We would wave to her just about every morning in her sun porch She ALWAYS looked fantastic in her dresses and Rocket still looks over by her fence and thinks Jean is going to come out and give him a treat She was such a special and kind person and will be missed Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" For personalized and affordable funeral arrangements choose Kutis Funeral Home - a family-owned establishment serving St 2906 Gravois Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63118314-772-3000 10151 Gravois Road, St. Louis, MO 63123314-842-4458 5255 Lemay Ferry Road, Mehlville, MO 63129314-894-4500 Just weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Presidents Putin and Xi signed a joint statement declaring “no limits to Sino-Russian cooperation” and “no forbidden zones.” Beijing has not repudiated this statement Ongoing and expanding economic relations with China have offered Russia a lifeline in the face of Western sanctions mitigating the consequences of its isolation from the global financial system In this paper, Emily de la Bruyère and Nathan Picarsic of Horizon Advisory argue that the Ukraine war and its continuation serve Beijing's interests It diminishes Russia's economic strength and geopolitical positioning The war also keeps the West embroiled in a protracted conflict that risks draining energy resources Beijing's ability to maintain diplomatic and commercial ties to the countries resisting the Russian invasion has allowed it to avoid consequences for its support to Russia The Sino-Russia partnership could buttress Beijing's international standing and influence with significant implications for multinational businesses Download No limits: What China stands to gain from Russia’s war with the West by Emily De La Bruyère and Nathan Picarsic: Your Trusted Source for National Security News & Analysis View Articles Emily de La Bruyère is senior fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracy with a focus on China policy She pioneered novel data collection and analysis tools tailored to Beijing’s strategic and institutional structures and has extensive Chinese language research and program management experience La Bruyère has testified before the Senate Banking Committee and US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Her work was also the first Western analysis to document Beijing’s China Standards 2035 national plan a consulting firm focused on the implications of China’s competitive approach to geopolitics For general inquiries please email [email protected] TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need Stay up-to-date on important news from TribLIVE 1-800-909-8742 © 2025 Trib Total Media | All Rights Reserved About Us Advertise Career Opportunities Contact Advertising Contact Circulation Contact Newsroom Contact Us Feedback Request Correction Resource Center Scholarship Opportunities Send Letter to the Editor Send News Tip Subscribe Subscriber Services Blog eFeatures Email Newsletters eTrib Facebook Home Delivery Instagram LinkedIn Marketing Minute Store Locations TribLIVE App - App Store TribLIVE App - Google Play X (formerly Twitter) Arts & Entertainment Best of the Best Business Directory Circulars Contests Coronavirus Lifestyles Local News YaJagOff Obituaries Opinion Our Publications Photos Real Estate Sports Video Weather Cookie Settings Privacy Policy Terms of Service Women's Cross Country Team & de La Bruyere Earn Academic Honors February 14 The Princeton women's cross country team and its captain junior Emily de La Bruyere have earned all-academic honors by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) For a team to be considered for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award they must have competed and compiled a team score at an NCAA Regional Championship and also have a minimum 3.00 team cumulative GPA The women's cross country earns the honor for the sixth straight season de La Bruyere earned individual All-Academic honors for the second straight season 2 at the NCAA Regional finishing 13th overall and competed in the NCAA Championships placing 208th overall To be eligible for the award a student-athlete must carry a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average and earn All-America status or finish in the 15 at the regional meet The dual cycle model is a continuation of long-standing Chinese strategic thought and policy that have seperated the domestic and international economic cycles – and called for increasing the influence of the former and decreasing reliance on the latter Discussions in China consistently describe the dual cycle as a natural feature of a major power’s development and the logical response to changes in China’s comparative advantage certain features of the model and its ambitions are distinctive enhancing influence over the global economy is part and parcel of China's domestic economic goals as with decades of Chinese industrial policy the dual cycle is premised on government intervention and guidance the dual cycle model explicitly responds to Technological change provides China a means to leapfrog to a new stage of development and global influence Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies seeks to provide clarity on the concept of the dual cycle and its implications for China’s economy and trade with the rest of the world Chinese President Xi’s framework – defined by government control and a bid for global influence – will serve as the guiding logic for a new generation of industrial policies that will shape the future of the global economy and the trade architecture in which it rests Download China’s ’Dual Cycle’ development model and the digital revolution by Emily de la Bruyère: the International Standardization Organization (ISO) inaugurated a new technical committee Dedicated to transaction assurance in electronic commerce the Committee’s mandate includes ensuring the authenticity of e-commerce suppliers and the quality of goods transacted through e-commerce it would be the ISO’s first technical committee solely focused on e-commerce and remains the only ISO unit chaired by the country Three standards are currently in development under the committee’s leadership: One targeting information sharing of product quality and the other two focused on terminology and frameworks for transaction assurance E-commerce offers a prime example of the implications of China’s standard-setting strategy for international trade authored by Emily de la Bruyère of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies surveys China’s efforts in setting standards relevant to e-commerce and the potential consequences of these efforts for China’s place in international trade the architecture of the trade system itself China’s e-commerce standards system could allow Beijing influence over global commercial information – and therefore commerce Download China’s ambitions to set the foundations for global e-commerce by Emily de la Bruyère: Photography by Eva Herzog. All images courtesy of Opera Gallery.Few galleries manage to make it to age 30 Founded in Singapore in 1994 by the French art dealer Gilles Dyan the gallery opened an expanded London space on New Bond Street in Mayfair It also took the substantial step of appointing its first CEO: the auction veteran Isabelle de la Bruyère. she also plans to invest in original exhibitions A representative example of the latter is the panel discussion “Three Days in Dakar,” which was held at the London gallery on Jan put British-Israeli artist and designer Ron Arad in conversation with longtime collectors of his work auctioneer and curator Simon de Pury and philanthropist Rolf Sachs The panelists discussed Arad’s collaboration with Senegalese artisans, from metal workers to weavers, in Dakar his cross-cultural collaborations have led to a rework of his well-known The Big Easy armchair from 1988 using raw materials from oil drums sourced in Dakar. which highlighted work from Willem de Kooning and more—examining the influence of the metropolis on the pieces produced by its resident creatives. Opera's New York outpost will play host to artist Jae Ko with "Changing Seasons" (March 15-April 14) investigate the innate force and rhythm of nature through the lens of the constantly changing seasons Opera is opening "Allegro" in Madrid (Feb 29-April 13), Manolo Valdés's latest collection of paintings and sculpture landing 18 years after his major 2006 retrospective at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Sign up to our newsletter for the latest arts and culture updates China's Data Free Trade Port in Nansha is a breakthrough project By integrating a network of large-scale data and computing centers the Port advances a key task of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) for the 14th Five Year Plan period The Port fits into Beijing’s larger strategy to attain global leadership by controlling data categorized by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a new factor of production – and the catalyst for a new industrial revolution The Port is not an anomaly in China’s information infrastructure the clustering of facilities to support and shape commercial and government operations fits into a larger coordinated architecture that Beijing has built across the country to store and process data China’s approach could turn the Data Free Trade Port into a center of gravity for digital transactions similar to US centrality to financial transactions While this vision is not guaranteed to pan out until a robust alternative to China’s digital economic architecture emerges Download Building a Wall Street for data – China’s data centers reflect grand ambitions by Emily de la Bruyère The United States announced recently that it would begin negotiations with Japan on the steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the Trump administration in 2018 These discussions will likely be informed by the October 30 agreement between the European Union (EU) and the US that ended a multi-year dispute on the same subject the US-Japan agreement ought to account for one particular provision of the EU deal the EU-US deal places restrictions on those products that use steel that originate from elsewhere – South Korea This is an important provision because it directs the benefits of the agreement to the parties involved in the negotiation who are accustomed to trade remedies oriented around bilateral trade flows rather than multi-country value chains.[i] Although in a Band-aid fashion the provision addresses a reality of the modern trade environment that existing trade tools are ill-equipped to resolve The distortive market practices of one country are no longer contained to operations in or shipments originating from that country They can no longer be addressed only through bilateral trade policies directed at that country China’s industrial policy operates through a wide-ranging multi-dimensional apparatus that is designed to export its model and to circumvent measures designed to protect against its distortive practices This apparatus orients around localization and third-country re-export in and through areas that do not maintain strong trade enforcement tools and may even receive preferential trade treatment These mechanisms are not necessarily unique to China the scale of China’s distortions is unique and makes its use of localization and third-country re-export particularly problematic The carve-out in the recent EU-US trade constitutes a laudable recognition of the problem Localization refers to the construction or acquisition of facilities abroad that allow Chinese companies to benefit from the host country’s trade status regardless of the source of upstream inputs According to a 2011 article in the Journal of Party and Government Cadres Chinese companies invest overseas and establish local footholds in third countries in order to “bypass tariff and non-tariff barriers of importing countries.” The acquisition of the Železara steel mill in Smederevo Serbia by China’s state-owned Hebei Iron and Steel Group (HBIS) in 2016 is an instructive example HBIS did not need the mill’s production capacity The Železara acquisition granted the Chinese state-owned entity access to the European market “Through operations in Serbia,” reads an article in China’s Southern Weekend “HBIS can avoid the impact of European trade protection measures such as ‘anti-dumping and countervailing’ on China's steel industry.” [ii] An analyst in Serbia explained that “this [acquisition] is for entering the market and complicating the positions of the United States and Russia.”[iii] The localization approach is also implemented at a more systemic level through industrial parks that the Chinese government sets up in emerging economies to benefit from their international trade status a Xinhua News article offered this explanation: "The advantages of the Lekki Free Trade Zone as a development zone outside China have emerged…Nigeria is a member of the Lomé agreement and its products can enjoy preferential tariffs in the EU market without quota restrictions Setting up factories in the free trade zone to realize the localization of the origin will help avoid various trade barriers and ease international trade frictions."[iv] launched in 2008 by China’s Jiangsu Yongyuan Investment Company Ltd the director of its managing committee said: “We have encountered many trade restrictions limiting exports to Europe and America Nor is this industry park localization approach limited to emerging economies Haier constructed an industrial park in South Carolina in 1999 According to the Journal of Party and Government Cadres doing so allowed Haier to “effectively solve the problems of consumer resistance to foreign brands and of non-tariff barriers in the target market.”[vi] It refers to the export of a product to one country by way of another via more than one bill of lading (e.g. the exporter arranges the sale through a middleman.) China boasts an entire industry dedicated to arranging third country re-export to avoid trade restrictions As one Chinese re-export agent described in 2019 “By means of re-export trade in a third country products can be detoured to the third country before entering the US market which can reasonably avoid high US tariffs.”[vii] That company also explained the process of re-export The exporter declares that its container is headed to one country The re-export agent arranges customs clearance and container replacements in that third country as well as for a local agent to produce a certificate of origin The Chinese re-export agent then re-declares and exports the container “to any port you specify in the United States…Through the above re-export trade operations high trade war tariffs can reasonably be avoided.”[viii] these practices qualify as unlawful “transshipment.” In Chinese sources they are labeled as “trade war solutions.” They are not new Nor do they exist only at the margins of trading activity China’s institutionalized trade circumvention apparatus presents an enormous challenge for modern trade policy Beijing’s distortive trade practices are widely acknowledged existing remedies are ill-equipped to address the problem Focusing narrowly on goods received directly from China these trade policies are designed for a world of bilateral trade flows—not convoluted multi-stakeholder value chains both difficult to trace and easy to obscure the international system remains stymied in its efforts to prevent market distortions granted beneficial trade status to further develop and catch up with other markets find those advantages co-opted by the industrial policies of a major power The carve-out in the recent EU-US trade deal constitutes a major and laudable recognition of this problem But its solution is little more than a Band-aid The injury requires a more thorough response The global trade system needs a new and updated set of tools Those tools start from and require coordination with allies and partners and other trading partners should work to strengthen WTO enforcement mechanisms A worthwhile starting point would be to update the definition of a “public body” in the WTO’s Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures to accurately reflect the scope and reach of contemporary Chinese industrial policy The United States should also lead efforts with allies and partners to invest in a new generation of customs protocols and accompanying information technology platforms Monitoring for illegal circumvention activities requires modern and independent trade processing authorities and technologies These initiatives can be developed at trading hubs And these initiatives can be part of the global community’s emerging focus on new infrastructure investments US policy should be realistic about two critical issues: the mismatch between the slow pace of multilateral reforms and the urgent need to protect critical and the near-term futility of tactical fixes for strategic problems the United States should incorporate remedy circumvention frameworks into bilateral agreements the US should diligently pursue enforcement of trade agreements with China The direct effect of doing so constitutes only one benefit Such action would signal to allies and partners that the United States is dedicated to defending the global trade architecture against the bevy of distortive practices that make up China’s industrial policy [i] - https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-eu-trade-deal-china-steel-jobs-imports-11636144386 [ii] - Zhang Xi the Chinese steel company is still buying and buying overseas,” Southern Weekend http://static.nfapp.southcn.com/content/201604/21/c72110.html.[iii] - “Serbia's rundown steel plant was rescued by a Chinese company and was sold for $1,” Reference News Network https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1573044915534600&wfr=spider&for=pc [iv] - “China Nigeria Lekki Free Trade Zone Set Sail” (中国尼日利亚莱基自由贸易区起航) Translation.[v] - Tao projects that the appeal will be enduring and systemic: “A lot of China’s low-wage industry will move here it is very difficult to survive because of the increased labor cost much lower – less than ten percent of Chinese wages.” (David Blair and Xiao Xiangyi “Manufacturers Look to Switch production to Africa,” China Daily 后危机时代美国贸易保护主义的应对之策 [Countermeasures of American trade protectionism in the post-crisis era] 党政干部学刊 [Journal of Party and Government Cadres] 2011.[vii] - "中美贸易战解决方案,升宝转口贸易合理规避美国高关税 [The solution to the Sino-US trade war Shengbao's re-export trade reasonably avoids high U.S Emily de la Bruyère a consultancy firm that specializes in the study of China's global economic influence and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) sheds light on how the West's response to Putin's war on Ukraine has allowed China to benefit from its “access to the Russian market and resources” while cementing Moscow's dependence on Beijing She spoke with the Association of Foreign Correspondents (AFPC-USA) to provide them with a greater understanding of the issue emphasizing that China's support for Russia has implications for multinational businesses and China's strategic rivalry with the United States particularly as it relates to “industrial competition” and access to critical resources the West risks “inflicting costs” on itself without succeeding in punishing Russia appropriately for its invasion should Beijing’s role continue unchallenged The international system has been unwilling to confront Beijing for its support to Russia partly due to the West’s “global industrial and economic dependence” on China the continuation of the Ukraine war serves Beijing's interests as it makes Moscow “economically and geopolitically beholden” to Beijing while keeping the West “embroiled in a protracted conflict that risks draining energy resources De la Bruyère’s interview with foreignpress.org is within the scope of AFPC-USA’s partnership with the Hinrich Foundation The AFPC-USA is solely responsible for the content of this interview The following conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity Putin’s war on Ukraine and the West’s response have allowed Beijing to benefit from ready access to the Russian market and Russian resources and cemented Moscow’s dependence on China – while the West which China sees as a strategic competitor faces the consequences of limited access to Russian resources This advantage for China likely holds regardless of the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine war China does well – including in its effort to degrade the West’s role in the international system And a loss for Moscow does not mean a loss for Beijing All likely without being forced into the losers’ camp: Beijing has thus far managed to play both diplomatic and commercial sides of the war The West has responded to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine by attempting to isolate Russia from the international system – precisely at a time when the war effort strains Russia’s resources This puts Moscow in a position of dependence on the one major economic and technological champion that continues to support it: China With trade with much of the rest of the international system cut off And this in turn grants Beijing leverage over Russia The continuation of the Ukraine war serves Beijing’s interests along two main dimensions the war makes Moscow economically and geopolitically beholden to Beijing And that grants China access to and leverage over Russia’s industrial capacity the war keeps the West embroiled in a protracted conflict that risks draining energy resources While China benefits from low-cost access to Russian resources the West finds itself in an environment of resource scarcity – and therefore at an industrial disadvantage Beijing has faced minimal repercussions for its support to Russia China has managed to maintain diplomatic and commercial ties with the very countries leading the effort to punish Moscow goods including military-relevant goods and technologies and indirect access to the international market That last point is worth teasing out: Not only does China continue to serve as a market for Russia granting it revenue despite the West’s efforts to isolate it but China also serves as a conduit to other markets as goods sold from Russia to China are in turn exported more broadly throughout the international system Beijing’s continued support for and economic and commercial ties to Russia legitimize it – and legitimize the act of doing business with it – even as the West seeks to make Moscow a pariah state Moscow is not facing the costs that it was assumed it would and strain of limited access to Russian resources The West’s efforts to impose costs on Russia through financial and economic restrictions also impose costs on the West: Russia is a resource behemoth – a leading producer of oil and gas Those are foundational industrial building blocks necessary inputs for everything from semiconductors to airplanes the West is effectively cutting off its access to those resources And the West is doing so at a time of great power industrial competition And the real risk isn’t just that this is a cost the West has to bear It’s that the West risks inflicting this cost on itself without succeeding in appropriately punishing Russia – because of China’s support for that country the international system has been unwilling to confront Beijing for its support to Russia this is because Beijing has been relatively subtle in its approach to the commercial rather than explicitly military domain this is also because of the extent of global industrial and economic dependence on China Confronting Russia has been proven to come with significant costs Those pale next to the challenges that would accompany real confrontation of Beijing European leaders’ continued engagement with Beijing throughout Russia’s offensive in Ukraine – and the nature of that engagement – offers a useful case Germany is among the leading countries in the effort to punish Moscow for its aggression German Chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled to Beijing And Scholz did so at the head of a business delegation of German executives intent on maintaining economic and commercial ties to China China’s state-owned Aviation Supplies Holding Co signed a framework agreement with France-based Airubs to procure 140 Airbus aircraft – a deal that underscores the stakes for Europe as it seeks ways to impose consequences on China for its support to Russia the ties binding Moscow to Beijing pose operational and reputational risks to international players who do business with Chinese entities Their exposure to China increasingly subjects them to the regulatory and diplomatic risks of exposure to Russia the advantage Beijing gains from the Russia-Ukraine conflict could enhance its confidence and capacity to flex its international industrial muscle expanding its global presence and willingness to intervene in proxy battles abroad is poised to increase tension between the United States and China – placing third-party countries and their companies in the middle of escalating geopolitical conflict All of this while Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to sow chaos in the international system This article was originally published by ForeignPress.org Articles by this expert View bio Four years of legal wrangling over the fates of Hackensack officers accused of a warrantless search seemingly came to an end Thursday when the appellate court said two officers should not have been fired, but upheld the city’s decision to fire a third Heidi Willis Currier and Patrick DeAlmeida of the state Superior Court Appellate Division said in affirming the suspensions that “although we might differ regarding the right sanction it is not our role to substitute our own views.” “We are satisfied the commission's decision was not arbitrary or capricious as it was supported by the substantial credible evidence in the record,” the judges said we affirm the penalty imposed by the commission on Duardo and Vazquez.” The judges found no merit to the city’s other contentions the judges saw “no reason to disturb its decision” because the commission had found that his “actions were severe enough to warrant his removal from the police department.” The Civil Service Commission is an independent body that provides a forum for appeals to be heard and impartial decisions to be made for issues filed by state county and municipal civil service employees Local: Hackensack trustees receive threatening letters showing their faces in crosshairs of a gun several officers were allegedly involved in a warrantless search of an apartment Gutierrez and Vazquez entered a third-floor apartment at 64 Prospect Ave in Hackensack without first obtaining a warrant Gutierrez filed a report later saying they were there investigating the potential sale of an illegal firearm and entered the apartment only after a resident of the building said there may have been an unattended child inside The city suspended the officers in May 2017 after an internal affairs investigation determined the officers had concocted the report of the unattended child as a pretext to enter the apartment The situation led the Bergen County prosecutor to dismiss multiple active criminal cases in which the officers had a role Grewal told city officials in a letter that the officers' actions undermined criminal prosecutions because their credibility as law enforcement officers was now in question He dismissed eight Bergen County criminal prosecutions involving them and advised the Hackensack municipal prosecutor do the same arguing that if they could not credibly testify in court But in 2018, a judge ruled that the report of the incident written by Gutierrez was misleading and false making the search unjustified and improper but did not call for the officers' firing instead calling termination a last-resort penalty reserved for the most severe infractions The Civil Service Commission ruled for six-month suspensions for Duardo and Vazquez and ordered Hackensack to reinstate them the commission agreed with Hackensack at that time that de la Bruyere and Gutierrez should be fired Correction: This story has been updated to clarify that it was a report filed by former Hackensack police officer Mark Gutierrez that a judge ruled was misleading and false Katie Sobko is a local reporter for NorthJersey.com For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community, please subscribe or activate your digital account today Email: sobko@northjersey.com Twitter: @katesobko Advocates for ideas and draws conclusions based on the interpretation of facts and data Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content "America invented the semiconductor," declared President Joe Biden upon signing the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 a $280 billion bill intended to strengthen the U.S "And this law brings it back home," the president continued "It's no wonder the Chinese Communist Party actively lobbied U.S The reality is that without appropriate protection of technological advance these investments risk ceding competitiveness to Beijing foreign investment review process—overseen by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)—is allowing Beijing-linked entities access to potentially game-changing semiconductor innovation The latest example: at the end of August, just two weeks after the CHIPS Act became law, Chinese-funded AlphaWave IP Group announced that its planned acquisition of California-based OpenFive had been approved by all regulators Alphawave is a semiconductor IP company founded in Canada and headquartered in the U.K It has had extensive exposure to China and Chinese government influence: the company's fifth-largest shareholder is Wise Road Capital—with which AlphaWave also partners on a China-based joint venture OpenFive is a perfect target for Wise Road. It provides advanced system-on-chip designs for artificial intelligence It sits at precisely the advanced point in the semiconductor value chain where the U.S constitutes precisely the sort of threat that U.S investment review is supposed to defend against Neither Wise Road nor its attendant risk factors are news to the U.S Wise Road announced it would acquire South Korea's MagnaChip a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platform solutions Treasury Department ruling that it posed "risks to national security." Wise Road appears to have learned from that failure using a third party to relaunch its global Go Out efforts and other regulatory tools are failing to keep up is proving unable to shore up an industrial system that Beijing has co-opted instead pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into a semiconductor ecosystem built on Why would London get serious about screening such investments if Washington isn't doing the same The global semiconductor industry rests on a Chinese foundation is funneling tens of billions of dollars into that co-opted system without addressing its vulnerabilities Washington boasts an impressive arsenal of defensive tools. It should start using them. One way it can do so is by activating investment review to protect against not just direct adversarial efforts to acquire strategic and sensitive technology, but also indirect ones The same should be done with a revamp of technology export restriction processes managed by the Commerce Department to the point of barring any company receiving CHIPS Act subsidies or other incentives from manufacturing chips or engaging in research partnerships in China needs to do all of this in conjunction with allies and partners establishing itself as the leader of a new industrial model—not a lone That is what global technology leadership in this century would look like is authoritarians cheering an American demise fueled by American technology and American cash Nathan Picarsic and Emily de La Bruyère are Senior Fellows at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and co-founders of the supply chain and geopolitical risk startup Horizon Advisory The views expressed in this article are the writers' own Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all London-based Isabelle de La Bruyère heads the client advisory wing of Christie’s where she works to form and sell collections many of which include works that fetch world record prices at auction She joined the world’s oldest auction house in 1999 working as a specialist in the Impressionist and Modern and Oriental art divisions before launching its Dubai office Her advice to collectors is to ‘trust yourself and trust your taste’ ‘The reality is that you will make mistakes – your taste today will not be the same in ten years’ time because we all evolve Art is emotional and a collection doesn’t have to be perfect right away.’ is ‘extremely intimidating’ and is getting more complex The role of an adviser at Christie’s is to steer collectors to the best art available within their tastes and budget most importantly making the industry more approachable and human ‘What I love most about my job is to share my love of art with clients and see clients being curious,’ she says ‘I love that art is slowly being demystified and made more accessible.’ Christie’s continued to lead the market in all key categories in 2017 and $1.79 billion in auction sales for a single two-week period in May 2018 confirmed its reputation for bringing the finest pieces to the market and investment have been published in outlets ranging from Bloomberg to TechCrunch a fund that invests in early stage industrial innovation and advises start-ups at Carnegie Mellon’s Project Olympus He is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue He holds a BA from Harvard College and has completed executive education programs through Harvard Business School and the Defense Acquisition University Three of the five Hackensack police officers fired by the city last year will be able to keep their jobs after being found guilty of unlawfully breaking into an apartment building Two of those officers have been suspended and the third officer will be fully reinstated, the state Civil Service Commission decided Wednesday The commission upheld Hackensack's decision to fire Detective Mark Gutierrez for allegedly falsifying a police report from the day of the break-in and Sgt Justin de la Bruyere for signing the report, said lawyers for the city and one of the officers. The commission's decision goes against administrative law Judge Susanna Guerrero's decision last month that all five officers could return to active duty and would retain their most recent ranks Both Detective Rocco Duardo and Officer Victor Vazquez will be suspended for six months the commission decided to reinstate Detective Joseph Gonzales and reverse all of the city's charges against him "Although we are pleased that the Civil Service Commission upheld the termination of two former officers and imposed the maximum suspension of 180 days that is allowed by law on two others we are not fully satisfied with today's decision," Mayor John Labrosse said in a statement. A spokesman for the commission declined to comment. Calls to attorneys for De la Bruyere Gutierrez and Vazquez were not immediately returned The commission's decision is the latest development in a nearly two-year saga that started when the five officers along with two ranking officers who have since retired were accused of breaking into a Prospect Avenue apartment without a warrant the five officers and two ranking officers were abruptly suspended effectively dismantling the narcotics unit at the time The dismissals were a result of the city's internal affairs investigation into the five officers and two ranking officers An unknown number of Municipal Court cases were also dismissed. after the investigation and upon a hearing officer's recommendation concluding they entered into apartment C7 at the Sheldon Arms without a warrant and then tried to cover it all up. The termination order for the officers was dated retroactive to the May 2017 suspension date The hearing officer's recommendation had called for Gonzales to face only a six-month suspension but the city decided to terminate him as well The Sheldon Arms visitThe internal affairs investigation and ensuing hearings and litigation were sparked by an anonymous letter sent to Capt Riotto and Sybel retired with a combined $258,450 in payouts from the city Busciglio has since been promoted to officer-in-charge because the post of police chief has not been filled since 2010. With Riotto and Sybel having since retired De La Bruyere was left as the ranking officer in the group of five who fought to get their jobs back Officers were investigating a tip about drug activity in the area that day according to the police report from the day of the search prepared by Gutierrez officers were told by an anonymous man that a child had been left alone in apartment C7 When no one answered at the third-floor apartment officers went in through its unlocked front door Gutierrez wrote. The report did not include that De La Bruyere who signed Gutierrez's report, or Riotto did not show anyone directing officers to C7 and officers appeared to pick the locks at the entrances to the apartment building and apartment the officers said they did not break the law with the warrantless search claiming they had a key and also had reason to believe a child might have been inside an apartment where they suspected a resident was selling weapons. The city and any of the officers' attorneys can file an appeal with the state. City Manager Ted Ehrenburg said Hackensack will decide on appealing the decision after reviewing all options city spokesman Paul Swibinski said in a statement Ehrenberg stands by the city's position that the officers should never be reinstated Biagiotti had no plans to appeal the commission's decision Once a final decision is made regarding the officers' employment hearings to determine whether the officers will ultimately receive what is called a "Brady" designation can commence. Grewal dismissed the eight narcotics cases because the officers were categorized as "Brady Officers," which means their history of lying would have to be disclosed to defense attorneys in criminal cases. 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