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- BUSINESS, Page 59Business NotesCOMPETITIVENESSCan This War Be Won?
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- The awesome performance of U.S. missiles and fighter planes
- in the gulf war seemed a reassurance of America's technological
- prowess. But an alarming report last week by the nonprofit
- Council on Competitiveness raises new questions about the
- nation's high-tech health. The council examined 94 critical
- technologies and found the U.S. leading the world or holding
- its own in 61 and trailing in 33 others. While America remains
- strong in biotechnology, artificial intelligence and aerospace,
- it is falling behind or losing in lasers, computer chips and
- robotics.
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- The council urged Washington to increase federal research
- spending for nonmilitary technologies. The U.S. government
- spends two-thirds of its research money on defense and devotes
- just 0.2% to commercial high tech, in contrast to 5% spent by
- Japan and 15% by Germany.
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