This week, as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington to discuss economic competition, technology, and artificial intelligence, America’s leaders will spend considerable time debating chips, algorithms, export controls, and compute capacity.

Those conversations matter. But beneath every debate over semiconductors and AI regulation sits a more fundamental question: Can America still build at the speed required to win?

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