You cannot secure a technology monopoly without blocking foreign human mobility and outbound acquisitions.
As international technology rivalries deepen, competing states must bypass standard trade curbs to execute sovereign lockdowns over foreign investment and human mobility.
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To prevent vital intellectual property from leaking abroad, Beijing is directly blocking the international travel of its elite AI researchers.
U.S. export controls and sudden model bans force foreign governments and allies to seek domestic, sovereign solutions to escape American technology control.
Strategic competition forces hostile states to retroactively dismantle cross-border acquisitions to secure sovereign tech sovereignty.