Kai-Fu Lee on the Great Game to Dominate Data

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Don't fret too much about tariffs and trade deficits. The real competition between the U.S. and China will be in artificial intelligence and data, says Kai-Fu Lee, author of “AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order.” The U.S. and China will jostle for spheres of influence in the data arena, with America dominating the West and Japan while China is ascendant in the developing world. Who wins and how does it affect workers? Lee explains to Daniel Moss of Bloomberg Opinion. 

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