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US can’t cut China off completely, but must defend AI and American innovation from nonstop theft: Sen Rounds
SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA – China’s rampant theft of intellectual property from American institutions and industry must be thwarted as the U.S. battles to remain the world’s economic and military leader – but America cannot completely decouple from the economic behemoth, Republican South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.
The key, according to Rounds, is maintaining China as a key trade partner without giving them access to America’s technology, including artificial intelligence and computer chips.
«In doing so, maybe we’ll restrict their ability to actually be able to have a market that they can create their own stuff with. They’ll be using ours. And in using ours, they’ll be our standards,» Rounds told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library during the Reagan National Economic Forum on Friday in California.
«Let’s not necessarily just totally divest. Let’s see if we can have an influence on them and the rest of the world as well when it comes to standards for AI and other technological advances in the future,» he added.
Rounds was among the conference panelists who spoke on the threats China poses as President Donald Trump addresses the country’s chronic trade deficit with foreign nations, and his optimism for the future as the U.S. sprints to remain the world’s economic and military leader.
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South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds was a panelist for the inaugural Reagan National Economic Forum in California. (Getty Images)
Rounds’ remarks focused on keeping the U.S. in the driver’s seat of the world’s economy, which he explained is deeply entwined in technological advances and bucking Chinese theft of intellectual property, while also acknowledging and combating how China has advanced into a «near-peer competitor» with the U.S. from a military standpoint.
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«We’ve got to do a better job of protecting the intellectual properties that we’ve got. The most advanced types of technologies that we have, everything we can do to slow down their connection with that, protecting against that infiltration or de-filtration of really good information that, right now, they’re stealing from us on a regular basis,» Rounds said during a panel called «China and the U.S.: When Trading Partners are also Great Power Competitors.»
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. (Fox News Digital )
He added that China has no qualms about stealing U.S. intellectual property – which is understood as intangible creations, such as patents for inventions or trade secrets such as tech algorithms. Rounds recalled a recent conversation with an ambassador to China who told him their culture does not understand «how someone can own an idea.»
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last Wednesday that the U.S. will begin «aggressively» revoking visas of Chinese students, most notably those with ties to the Chinese Communist Party who are trained at U.S. schools, but return to China or feed U.S. information to China.
China has stolen billions in intellectual property on an annual basis, Sen. Mike Rounds says. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Rounds said the country needed a pause on admitting Chinese nationals with CCP ties into elite U.S. schools until an enforceable agreement is in place protecting intellectual property and processes from Chinese capture.
«We have Chinese students that come in here, and then they [maintain] ties back home. And even if they want to stay here, one of the challenges we have is that their family may very well be coerced into requiring them to come back home again. And if that’s the case, any of the knowledge that we’ve helped them to develop here goes back home with them,» Rounds said.
«Until such time as we’re able to address that, and until such time as we’re able to be assured that the information that they’re getting here, the data that they are catching here, the knowledge that they gain here isn’t going to be used against our young men and women in the future, we want to slow this down a little bit. Let’s just take a break. Let’s not be bringing in these Chinese students that have ties with the Chinese Communist Party, until we have some kind of agreement in place that is enforceable,» he said.
South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds was a panelist for the inaugural Reagan National Economic Forum in California. (Fox News Digital )
Rounds explained during the Reagan library forum that protecting U.S. intellectual property from Chinese theft has a ripple effect on U.S. efforts to remain the world’s military leader as China seeks parity with America.
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«[China is] a strategic challenger for us on the military side. They are a near-peer competitor. And they have an advantage over us in one particular way: They are unified in terms of when Xi Jinping wants to move, it’s not just the government that moves, but the entire rest of their economic activity is required to move the way that he wants them to move. We don’t have that here. And so for us, we have to recognize that challenge. Now, I’m not suggesting we go the direction that they go, but we have to recognize their ability to move very, very quickly,» he said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping listens during a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 14. (AP/Minh Hoang)
The Trump administration leveled tariffs as high as 145% on Chinese goods in April, and China retaliated against the president’s «Liberation Day» policies with tariffs of its own. China and the U.S. reached a preliminary trade agreement last month, which Trump said China violated in a Truth Social post on Friday.
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«I made a FAST DEAL with China in order to save them from what I thought was going to be a very bad situation, and I didn’t want to see that happen. Because of this deal, everything quickly stabilized and China got back to business as usual. Everybody was happy! That is the good news!!! The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US. So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!» he wrote.
President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Rounds explained that the U.S. is in the midst of reaching a favorable trade deal while also acknowledging China has stolen billions of dollars in intellectual property for its own advantage.
«We do, right now, really close to about a half a trillion dollars a year in economic activity with China today, but they steal about $600 billion in intellectual property on an annual basis. And so we have this dichotomy of trying to do good trade and at the same time recognizing that they’re stealing our property,» he said.
Rounds said the floodgates of accepting and leveraging AI have not yet opened in the U.S., as many Americans are still hesitant to trust the technology. In mere months and years, however, he said the health industry will see massive overhauls, aided by tech that can quickly identify cancer or diagnose diabetes and Alzheimer’s. This will lead American culture to accept AI and rally the private sector’s proliferation of it, he said.
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«I think what the American people want to see is, what’s in it for them? What improves their quality of life? I think one of the most critical issues – that would really be one of the easiest to get into – is talking about health care. And I firmly believe that Americans will see AI as a benefit to them rather than as a challenge when we start to see cures for diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cancers. And those are all within reach,» Rounds told Fox Digital.
Rounds added during the forum that when Americans personally feel how their quality of life has improved due to AI, «that’s when we’ll really see the push across the country to develop AI at a rate that you’ve never seen before by the private sector, as well.»
«That’s what’s going to keep us ahead of China,» he said.
Red flags flutter in front of the Great Hall of the People on March 4, 2022, in Beijing, China. (VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
The forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which is nestled in California’s Santa Susana Mountains and the Simi Hills, kicked off on Thursday evening, and featured more than a dozen discussions and panels focused on the economy, artificial intelligence, U.S. defense strategies, the energy sector and more across Friday. Banking leader Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin were among those who joined Rounds in addressing the nation’s economic health.
The Reagan library’s retired Air Force One jet is showcased in a pavilion. (Fox News Digital)
«The Reagan Library does an excellent job working on defense issues, and now they’ve also opened up a seminar basically working on economic issues critical to the United States. And so to come in here and to work with other people that care about the economic well-being of our country, this is an excellent place to do it.… So it’s an opportunity for me to really learn what’s going on and what other people are thinking about our economy in general,» Rounds told Fox Digital of the forum.
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A statue of the former president at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
The conference comes as the Senate works to pass the Big Beautiful Bill, which is a sweeping multitrillion-dollar piece of legislation that advances Trump’s agenda on taxes, immigration, energy, defense and the national debt. Rounds said the legislation must pass or Americans will see their taxes spike.
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«We don’t have a choice. We have to pass the bill to get the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act back in place on a permanent basis. If we don’t do that, the average American family is going to see about a $2,400 a year increase in their taxes. So we have to do something. And it’s critical that we pass this bill. We’re going to work with the House. We’re gonna get this deal done. The Senate will put their mark of approval on it, but nonetheless, we want to do everything we can as quickly as we can to take care of this so that we can get on to other things. The president has made it very clear he wants to get this done. We want to help in that regard. This is our job,» he said.
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Estado de emergencia en Perú: cuáles son las fuertes restricciones que paralizarán Lima y Callao por un mes
Lima quedará paralizada por un mes luego de que el presidente de Perú, José Jerí, decretara el estado de emergencia para enfrentar la ola de violencia, lo que implicó la suspensión temporal de algunos derechos constitucionales a partir de este miércoles. La medida también alcanza a la ciudad portuaria de Callao y afectará a más de 10 millones de personas.
Según el decreto publicado en el diario oficial El Peruano, mientras dure la medida quedan suspendidos derechos fundamentales como la inviolabilidad del domicilio y la libertad de reunión, en un contexto de múltiples protestas contra el Gobierno y el Congreso por diversos motivos, entre ellos la inseguridad.
Las nuevas normas permiten que las fuerzas de seguridad ingresen a cualquier vivienda y detengan a sospechosos dentro o fuera del domicilio sin orden judicial, y prohíben que la población se reúna para manifestaciones sin autorización de las autoridades.
También contempla que las Fuerzas Armadas apoyen a la Policía Nacional en el combate al crimen organizado mediante patrullas en zonas críticas, como paraderos, estaciones de metro e instituciones asociadas, y en otras situaciones de violencia.
Policías y militares custodiarán dependencias públicas e instalarán comandos temporales en coordinación con los municipios más afectados, con operativos de decomiso de armas, municiones, explosivos ilegales y artefactos pirotécnicos.
El estado de emergencia establece además restricciones en las cárceles, limitando las visitas a los internos, aplicando apagones en las celdas que permiten únicamente la iluminación y eliminando las antenas telefónicas ilegales en los alrededores.
En cuanto al tránsito, se prohíbe que dos adultos viajen en la misma moto, y las autoridades podrán solicitar documentos de identidad en las calles e incluso ingresar por la fuerza a viviendas.
El Comité de Fiscalización llevará a cabo operativos de control con apoyo de las fuerzas combinadas en áreas donde se identifiquen casos de trata de personas, venta ilegal de drogas y armas.
Las mismas medidas se aplicarán a la venta informal de chips telefónicos y equipos celulares de dudosa procedencia, suspendiendo de inmediato las líneas vinculadas a extorsiones o secuestros, según la ley vigente.
En un mensaje televisado de apenas un minuto a las 20:30 (hora local), Jerí afirmó: «La delincuencia ha crecido de manera desmesurada en los últimos años, causando un enorme dolor en miles de familias y afectando el progreso del país. Pero esto ¡se acabó!«.
Agregó que «el estado de emergencia aprobado por el Consejo de Ministros entra en vigencia a las 00 horas y por 30 días en Lima Metropolitana y el Callao», y subrayó que el gobierno pasa «de la defensiva a la ofensiva en la lucha contra el crimen, recuperando la paz, la tranquilidad y la confianza de millones de peruanos».
«Las guerras se ganan con acciones, no con palabras. ¡Viva Perú!», concluyó.
La medida es la primera acción de envergadura que toma Jerí en casi dos semanas al frente del país, donde la inseguridad es una de las principales preocupaciones de la población.
El Presidente no aclaró si pedirá al Parlamento derogar seis leyes aprobadas mientras fue legislador, consideradas por expertos como obstáculos para combatir el crimen, ya que eliminan la detención preliminar sin flagrancia, dificultan procesar partidos políticos como grupos criminales, elevan requisitos para confiscar bienes y entorpecen allanamientos y cooperación eficaz.
Jerí asumió la presidencia el 10 de octubre tras la destitución de Dina Boluarte por el Congreso, luego de un desplome en su aprobación.
Durante una multitudinaria protesta la semana pasada, que dejó un muerto en enfrentamientos con la policía, los manifestantes exigieron la renuncia del mandatario, la disolución del Parlamento y la derogación del paquete de leyes que, según expertos, debilitó la lucha contra la delincuencia.
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Incidentes durante una protesta frente al Congreso en Perú
Perú registra un marcado aumento de los delitos en los últimos años, con la mayoría de víctimas de la clase trabajadora: los homicidios pasaron de 676 en 2017 a 2.082 en 2024, mientras que las denuncias por extorsión subieron de 2.305 en 2020 a 21.746 el año pasado, según datos de la fiscalía.
El gobierno de Boluarte había declarado un estado de excepción en marzo, que se extendió hasta mayo, medida criticada por su escasa eficacia frente a los grupos criminales.
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Tensión en Colombia: un tribunal dejó sin efecto la condena contra Álvaro Uribe por soborno y fraude procesal
El Tribunal Superior de Bogotá dejó sin efecto este martes la condena que pesaba contra el expresidente colombiano Álvaro Uribe. Lo absolvió de los delitos de soborno a testigos y fraude procesal por los que había sido condenado en primera instancia a 12 años de arresto domiciliario.
“He dicho la verdad a mis compatriotas a lo largo de esta extensa vida pública”, dijo Uribe a la prensa desde su natal Antioquia, en el noroeste del país. Fue una breve declaración en la que agradeció a Dios, a su familia y a los abogados. Además, aseguró que continuará trabajando por Colombia.
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La argumentación del tribunal a favor de Álvaro Uribe
Uribe, quien gobernó Colombia entre 2002 y 2010, defendió su inocencia en el primer juicio contra un expresidente en el país. Además de esto, tildó la condena de “persecución política”, asegurando que la jueza fue sesgada en su contra. Sus abogados apelaron cuestionando la validez de las pruebas.
“La motivación de la sentencia presenta deficiencias estructurales… uso de premisas vagas y sesgos retóricos y omisión de análisis integral”, indicó el tribunal en la audiencia virtual. La absolución del expresidente tuvo dos de los tres votos posibles. Una de las magistradas salvó su voto al considerar que la condena debía ser ratificada.
El nuevo fallo será elevado por las partes en un recurso adicional a la Corte Suprema de Justicia, que tendrá la última palabra, según dijo Iván Cepeda, senador de izquierda, a la prensa. Cepeda es considerado como una de las víctimas en el caso y no descartó acudir también al sistema interamericano de derechos humanos.
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El proceso penal contra Uribe, un político conservador de 73 años, generó un pulso político entre seguidores y detractores cuando el país está en plena campaña preelectoral para los comicios legislativos y presidenciales de 2026. Uribe se lanzaría de nuevo para ser senador si sus temas judiciales se lo permiten, según indicó su partido, el Centro Democrático.
El abogado penalista Fabio Humar indicó a The Associated Press que Uribe podrá aspirar al Senado mientras esté en libertad y la Corte Suprema define un eventual recurso adicional. Humar consideró que, aunque el recurso en la Corte suele demorarse años, la decisión sobre Uribe será mucho más rápida dada la importancia del caso en el país.
Paloma Valencia, senadora uribista, celebró el fallo e indicó que se sentía aliviada. “Siempre hemos confiado en su inocencia, siempre defendiendo su legado y su buen nombre”, indicó en X. La decisión también fue celebrada por el expresidente conservador Iván Duque, quien estuvo en el Poder entre 2018-2022).
El secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio, consideró en X que la “justicia ha prevalecido” tras la absolución de Uribe. Para Rubio, el proceso fue parte de una “caza de brujas”.
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La reacción de Gustavo Petro
El presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro, convocó a una concentración el viernes en la Plaza de Bolívar de Bogotá. La movilización tiene el objetivo de iniciar una recolección de firmas con el fin de convocar una Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, tras la absolución del expresidente Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010). La publicación de Gustavo Petro en la que convoca a una movilización. (Foto: X/@PetroGustavo).
El proceso contra el expresidente Uribe comenzó en 2012, cuando presentó una denuncia por difamación contra el senador de izquierda Iván Cepeda.
Uribe aseguró que buscaba en cárceles testigos como Juan Guillermo Monsalve para que lo vincularan con el paramilitarismo. Sin embargo, la Corte Suprema desestimó la denuncia contra Cepeda y, en un giro inesperado, abrió una causa contra Uribe. Sospechaba que era él quien intentaba cambiar la versión de testigos.
Uribe fue detenido en su domicilio brevemente por orden de la Corte en 2020 en medio de la investigación, pero salió libre tras renunciar a su curul en el Senado, lo que hizo que su proceso pasara a la fiscalía. Los fiscales pidieron varias veces que el proceso fuera cerrado, sin lograr convencer a jueces, hasta que decidieron llevar al expresidente al juicio por el que fue condenado a 12 años de prisión domiciliaria en primera instancia.
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GOP senator predicts Trump’s next move in Venezuela amid Hezbollah’s influence: ‘Long past due’
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Hezbollah’s growing foothold in Latin America has found its epicenter in Venezuela, where U.S. lawmakers and former counterterror officials say the Maduro regime has turned the country into a safe haven for one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist groups, giving it access to drug trafficking routes, forged documents and a gateway to the Western Hemisphere.
At a Senate Caucus on International Counternarcotics Control hearing this week, both Republican and Democratic senators warned that Hezbollah’s integration into Latin America’s criminal underworld — once concentrated in Colombia and the tri-border region — has now taken root under Venezuela’s protection.
Witnesses described an illicit web of narcotics, money laundering and passport-for-terrorist schemes that have flourished with state sponsorship, turning Venezuela into what one expert called the «most important facilitator for Hezbollah in Latin America.»
«Venezuela is a willing safe haven for what remains the most lethal, dangerous foreign terrorist organization to the United States,» said Marshall Billingslea, a former senior Treasury official.
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Hezbollah’s growing foothold in Latin America has found its epicenter in Venezuela, where U.S. lawmakers and former counterterror officials say the Maduro regime has turned the country into a safe haven for one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist groups. (AFP via Getty Images)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, both warned that Hezbollah’s 50-year presence in Latin America now poses a hemispheric threat requiring coordinated U.S. action.
Ambassador Nathan Sales, the former counterterrorism coordinator at the State Department, urged more Latin American nations — especially Brazil and Mexico — to designate Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization.
The bipartisan tone, rare in today’s Congress, underscored what lawmakers called a clear and present danger — a sanctioned regime in America’s backyard providing cover to a global terror group.
«Venezuela has become a key enabler of Hezbollah’s malign activity in our region,» Sales testified.
«This is not just about the Middle East anymore,» Cornyn added. «It’s about a terrorist organization embedding itself in the Western Hemisphere under the protection of a hostile regime.»
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, went a step further, predicting that the United States will move to end Nicolás Maduro’s rule altogether.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, went a step further, predicting that the United States will move to end Nicolás Maduro’s rule altogether. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
«I think we’re going to free Venezuela,» Moreno said. «That will be one of President Trump’s many, many legacies. It’s long past due, and I think his days are numbered.» Moreno added that he «would be surprised if [Maduro is] still in Venezuela by the end of this year,» signaling growing confidence that Washington could soon pursue regime change in Caracas after seven strikes on alleged narco-traffickers on the seas.
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Billingslea and Cornyn pointed to evidence that Venezuelan officials issued passports to Hezbollah operatives, including accusations that former Vice President Tareck El Aissami helped militants travel freely across the region.
According to Billingslea, more than 10,000 passports were issued to individuals from Syria, Lebanon and Iran under the former Venezuelan vice president, some with known Hezbollah or Hamas ties.
The system, witnesses said, allowed operatives to disguise identities, launder funds and even move into the U.S. with false papers.
Sales detailed how Hezbollah’s operations have become embedded in the regional drug trade, including the trafficking of so-called «black cocaine» compressed into charcoal-like briquettes to avoid detection.
«Hezbollah traffics narcotics through criminal networks active in the tri-border area. … It’s particularly involved in the sale of black cocaine,» Sales said.
«I think we’re going to free Venezuela,» Moreno said. «That will be one of President Trump’s many, many legacies. It’s long past due, and I think his days are numbered.» (Carlos Becerra/Getty Images)
He and others warned that as sanctions squeeze Iran and Hezbollah’s financial channels in the Middle East, the group is relying more heavily on Latin American drug profits to sustain itself.
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Matthew Levitt of the Washington Institute said Venezuela has effectively joined what he called the «axis of evasion,» a global sanctions-defying network linking Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
«Venezuela plays an important part in this illicit network as it reaches the Western Hemisphere,» Levitt said, describing its role in gold smuggling, oil-for-cash deals and financial cover for Iran and Hezbollah.
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