As Trump’s tariffs push back on China’s ambitions to dominate high-tech sectors, U.S. strategy may temporarily claim success but, in the long run, the U.S. needs more technology development of its own to stay ahead.

China has its sights set on dominating high-tech industries by 2025. The ambitious Made in China 2025 campaign, announced in 2015, aims to make China a superpower in 10 developing tech industries such as robotics and bio-pharmaceuticals. While these industries are currently dominated by other countries, Beijing seems intent not just on competing with Germany, South Korea, Japan, and, of course, the U.S., but on outpacing them them as well.