Im tom giles, in for emily chang. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, brad smith, president of microsoft. Tom brad, thanks for being with us today. A lot of the last year has been spent talking about and spilling ink over this complex relationship between the u. S. And china. Id like to hear more about your concerns about the way this is playing out between the u. S. And china, and what impact that could have on u. S. Technological leadership on a global arena. Brad the u. S. Is the Digital Technology leader in the world today, but one of the important things for all of us to remember is that we dont actually invent or create technology by ourselves. If you buy an American Technology product, a product that is made by an american company, in all probability, it consists of inventions that came from Silicon Valley as well as bangalore and beijing and dublin and london, toronto and melbourne and the like. We need to continue that. If we were to try to construct a new digital iron
Campus with a new book, tools and weapons the promise and the peril of the digital age. Im tom giles, in for emily chang. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, brad smith, president of microsoft. Tom brad, thanks for being with us today. A lot of the last year has been spent talking about and spilling ink over this complex relationship between the u. S. And china. Id like to hear more about your concerns about the way this is playing out between the u. S. And china, and what impact that could have on u. S. Technological leadership on a global arena. Brad the u. S. Is the Digital Technology leader in the world today, but one of the important things for all of us to remember is that we dont actually invent or create technology by ourselves. If you buy an American Technology product, a product that is made by an american company, in all probability, it consists of inventions that came from Silicon Valley as well as bangalore and beijing and dublin and london, toronto and melbourne an
And weapons the promise and the peril of the digital age. Im tom giles, in for emily chang. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, brad smith, president of microsoft. Tom brad, thanks for being with us today. A lot of the last year has been spent talking about and spilling ink over this complex relationship between the u. S. And china. Id like to hear more about your concerns about the way this is playing out between the u. S. And china, and what impact that could have on u. S. Technological leadership on a global arena. Brad the u. S. Is the Digital Technology leader in the world today, but one of the important things for all of us to remember is that we dont actually invent or create technology by ourselves. If you buy an American Technology product, a product that is made by an american company, in all probability, it consists of inventions that came from Silicon Valley as well as bangalore and beijing and dublin and london, toronto and melbourne and the like. We need to continu
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