AI robots will narrow China's GDP gap with the US, says think tank

JCER expects trend to flip after 2057 as populations decline at different rates

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JCER, a Japanese think tank, forecasts China's economy will be 89% as large as that of the U.S. by 2057, but the gap will widen thereafter due to a falling population. (Source photos by AP)

RYOHTAROH SATOH

TOKYO -- China will be the biggest economic beneficiary of robots equipped with artificial intelligence, narrowing the gap in real gross domestic product with the U.S. over the next three decades. But China may never grow larger than the U.S., economically, as it is likely to be bogged down by future population declines, according to a forecast by a Japanese think tank.

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