Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Washington is exploiting key vulnerabilities with trade and tech decoupling

China has no choice but to strive for technological self-sufficiency. © dpa/AP
Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.