Andrew Browne, Columnist

Detroit Could Be Next Victim of a Tech Cold War

U.S. moves to restrict technology exports to China will thoroughly disrupt the auto industry and almost certainly fail.

March 27, 2019 at 11:00 PM UTC

Andrew Browne is the editorial director of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum. Prior to joining Bloomberg, he was China editor, senior correspondent and columnist for the Wall Street Journal.

Autonomous cars will be built in China and rolled out to the rest of the world.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

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