Has the United States Already Lost the Economic, Trade, and Technology War With China?

A Sober Assessment of Industrial Decline and the Path to a Resilient Future

Americans are measuring the wrong war and using the wrong scoreboard.

For years, the U.S. China debate has focused on headlines: tariffs, diplomacy, and who invents the next breakthrough. But national power is built on something quieter and harder to rebuild: industrial ecosystems, supply-chain chokepoints, and the ability to scale technology into mass-market reality.

This book makes a controversial argument and tests it with data: the United States has already lost key dimensions of the economic, trade, and technology contest with China, and the American public does not yet grasp how far the gap has grown.

You’ll learn:
• Why trade “decoupling” often reroutes dependence rather than eliminating it
• How critical inputs and processing capacity become geopolitical leverage
• The difference between frontier innovation and systemic advantage
• Why semiconductor strategy, export controls, and industrial policy face long time constants
• How U.S. political incentives and media narratives distort risk perception and delay action

This is a sober assessment, not a partisan manifesto. It offers a clear framework for understanding what has changed and what a realistic recovery timeline actually looks like.