Scoop: Big Tech execs and DC insiders argue in favor of decoupling in a new proposal now circulating within the Biden administration.

The alternative is a world in which China's non-democratic norms have "won," they say. https://www.axios.com/scoop-former-google-ceo-and-others-call-for-us-china-tech-bifurcation-46fa8ca1-a677-4257-8b22-5e7fe1b7e442.html

Authors of the new set of proposals include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Jigsaw CEO Jared Cohen, CNAS CEO Richard Fontaine, CSIS China scholar Liz Economy, Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, and Marissa Giustina, a quantum electronic engineer at Google, among others.

"America’s technological leadership is fundamental to its security, prosperity, and democratic way of life. But this vital advantage is now at risk, with China surging to overtake the United States in critical areas," the authors write.

The report "advances policies that position the United States to out-compete China without inviting escalatory cycles of confrontation, retaliation, or unintended conflict."

The nature of the challenge, according to the report:

​The competition is "asymmetric," meaning "China plays by a different set of rules that allow it to benefit from corporate espionage, illiberal surveillance, and a blurry line between its public and private sector."

The authors of the report were writing in their personal capacity, not as representatives of their institutions.