Rank 11 of 17

China race

Losing an AI race to China or other foreign adversaries: national security competition, adversaries gaining AI or chip advantages, AI dominance.

62

on the Fear Index

Bills5

Lobbying filings177

News657

Wikipedia5.8K

The receipts

5,818Wikipedia views on this fear in the last 30 days

657news articles about it in the last 30 days

5bills, resolutions, rules and orders cite it since January 2025, in the federal government

177federal lobbying filings name it, past year

$2.6Mspent lobbying on it by advocacy groups, past year

The fear as each bill's official summary or text states it, and the controls the same bill would create.

“We will continue to lead an America First cybersecurity effort that enhances both our national security and our global AI dominance.”
Executive Order 14409, Executive Office of the PresidentSigned
“we remain in the earliest days of this technological revolution and are in a race with adversaries for supremacy within it”
Executive Order 14365, Executive Office of the PresidentSigned
“decrease international dependence on AI technologies developed by our adversaries by supporting the global deployment of United States-origin AI technologies”
Executive Order 14320, Executive Office of the PresidentSigned
“prevent illicit or unauthorized foreign adversary (e.g., China) access to the U.S. full AI stack”
H.R. 6996, CongressNot passed
“ensuring that the United States achieves and maintains artificial intelligence dominance”
S.Res. 490, CongressNot passed

Advocacy groups and foundations lobbying on this fear, past year.

Companies, trade groups, think tanks, unions and other groups whose lobbying filings name this fear, past year.

Money on filings naming it

Bills citing it

Wikipedia views

Each dot is one bill. Sources: lobbying filings on LDA.gov that name this fear, the bills that cite it, and Wikipedia readership of its articles.

The ones carrying the most controls, first.

Executive Order 14409, Executive Office of the PresidentSignedPromoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and SecurityRead it on federalregister.gov
H.R. 6996, CongressNot passedFull AI Stack Export Promotion ActRead it on congress.gov
Executive Order 14365, Executive Office of the PresidentSignedEnsuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial IntelligenceRead it on federalregister.gov
S.Res. 490, CongressNot passedA resolution affirming the critical importance of preserving the United States' advantage in artificial intelligence and ensuring that the United States…Read it on congress.gov
Executive Order 14320, Executive Office of the PresidentSignedPromoting the Export of the American AI Technology StackRead it on federalregister.gov