Robots are key tools for boosting productivity and international competitiveness. So, national rates of robot adoption are important indicators of
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The reason for this was not market forces, but government policy. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made manufacturing robot adoption a top priority, backing it up with generous subsidies.
To the extent US policymakers talk about robots, it is usually to criticize them for taking jobs; US tax policy does nothing to support robot adoption by firms; and proactive policies to help manufacturing automate, including with robots, are only minimally fund