Politico June 13, 2025
With help from Aaron Mak
Hello, and welcome to this week’s installment of the Future in Five Questions. This week we interviewed Rep. John Moolenaar, the chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. That post puts the Michigan Republican at the center of some of the thorniest geopolitical issues, including winning the technological arms race with China.
Moolenaar talks to us about artificial intelligence and his ideas for an “America First AI Policy” that would keep the U.S. ahead, block China from accessing U.S. technology and expand international partnerships with appropriate guardrails. An edited and condensed version of the conversation follows:
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