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The tariff test: Big Tech’s moment of truth in China

1 month ago | thehill.com | Geoffrey Cain

Imagine running your company out of a high-tech campus with armed guards at the gates, listening devices in the walls and a landlord who insists you turn over your blueprints to keep the lights on. Most executives would scramble for the exits. But for years, American tech companies made peace with that setup in China. Now, exposed by tariffs, they’re feeling the consequences of their devilish bargain. One story of the tariffs has gone untold.
Thought Leaders in the Wine Scene

Jan 31, 2025 | vinology.com | Geoffrey Cain |Keith Wallace

By Geoffrey CainAs an author, sommelier, and former journalist, I’ve carved out an unusual niche in the world of wine: I turn my fellow sommeliers and winemakers into thought leaders. Books, articles, social media, video channels—all these are our bread and butter at Alembic Partners, our thought leadership agency where we act as strategists and ghostwriters for Fortune 500 CEOs, founders, and executives. How did I land on this niche in the wine and spirits industry?
Thanks to AI, Apple’s China problem is only getting worse

Nov 16, 2024 | msn.com | Geoffrey Cain

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Thanks to AI, Apple's China problem is only getting worse

Nov 16, 2024 | thehill.com | Geoffrey Cain

For years, Tim Cook insisted Apple could change China from the inside. Instead, China changed Apple. The latest evidence? Apple spent billions developing cutting-edge electric vehicle battery technology with Chinese automaker BYD, only to watch its innovations become the cornerstone of BYD’s rise to global electric vehicle dominance. Apple walked away with nothing. China walked away with everything. This isn’t just another story about corporate research and development gone wrong.
Patriotism over profit: The US can’t allow Big Tech to sell out to China

Jun 13, 2024 | thehill.com | Geoffrey Cain

“When it comes to emerging technology, you cannot be both in China’s camp and our camp.”Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo described the global competition for supremacy in artificial intelligence (AI) this way last April. She’s right, and the Biden administration has taken important steps to restrict China’s access to advanced AI capabilities, from banning the sale of advanced chips last year to formulating restrictions on the export of certain AI models.
Surveillance, privacy, apps, law enforcement, privacy

Sep 5, 2023 | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Tarah Wheeler |Geoffrey Cain

SURVEILLANCEThere’s a Cop in My Pocket: Policymakers Need to Stop Advocating Surveillance by DefaultPublished 5 September 2023All this year, U.S. leaders have attempted to pass a wave of misguided online security bills, designed to break that encryption and place Americans in a panopticon of surveillance by default. Encryption, cybersecurity, and technology policies, like the RESTRICT and EARN-IT Acts, with nonexistent tradeoffs address symptoms, not problems, and they do it badly.
Next Generation Perspectives on Taiwan: Insights from the 2023 Taiwan-US Policy Program

Aug 16, 2023 | gmfus.org | Scott Bade |Geoffrey Cain |Antonia Hmaidi |Tomas Kazulėnas

Taiwan faces growing threats to its security. The circumstances and factors that have deterred for decades an attack by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Taiwan and enabled its people to remain secure and prosperous are changing. The conventional military balance in the western Pacific has tipped in China’s favor, although its military, the People’s Liberation Army, is not yet ready to seize and control Taiwan.