China’s role is constructive, not competitive.
Kerry 24 – Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow for Governance Studies in the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institute, former Acting Secretary for the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Cameron F. Kerry, “Small yards, big tents: How to build cooperation on critical international standards,” Brookings Institute, 03-11-2024, https://www.brookings.edu/articles/small-yards-big-tents-how-to-build-cooperation-on-critical-international-standards/
DON’T OVERREACT TO CHINA.
The U.S. and EU standards strategies both react in part to China’s increased role in international standards in recent years and its explicit effort to steer these toward China’s interests, especially in 5G and 6G standards. They should not view these developments with undue alarm. China’s western trading partners have long urged China to participate in international standards development in communications technology (among others) rather than impose its unique national standards. Participants in international SDOs where China has participated report that its participants have often been constructive. They also note that when China has participated in ways that try to game the system, it has met with little success because the processes have mostly weeded out weak proposals.