Last week, a bipartisan group of state attorneys general did something rare in today’s political climate. They joined forces to warn that the United States is falling behind in the global technology race and that blocking the Justice Department’s approved merger between HPE and Juniper Networks, as some extremist anti-Trump senators are attempting to do, would make this problem worse.
Their letter was not one of love for Big Tech or corporate consolidation. Democrats and Republicans are rightly skeptical of both. It was a recognition of a simple strategic reality. If the West wants to push back against China’s dominance in 5G and emerging artificial intelligence infrastructure, we need American firms capable of competing at scale.
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