A Trade "Cold War"

By Robert Atkinson

Robert D. Atkinson is the founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. He is also the co-author of the book Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage (Yale, 2012). Atkinson received his Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989.

Robert Atkinson, founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, discussed implications for western technology firms operating in China as the Chinese government begins to demand access to encryption keys. Atkinson views this move as an attempt by the Chinese government to push its own protectionist policies, under the guise of protecting itself from cyber thefts.

The Cipher Brief: Why do you think China is attempting to access Western technology companies’ encrypted data?

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