
Milestone report highlights country’s diminishing share of global R&D spending
A milestone biennial study has warned that the R&D system in the United States must be reinforced in light of increasing global competition, in particular from China.
The report comes at a time when successive US administrations have accused the Chinese government of using illicit means to acquire US technologies and have cracked down on US-based researchers’ ties to foreign governments and funders, especially ties to China.