For decades, D.C. insiders and Wall Street elites perpetuated the lie that American engagement with Communist China would cause that nation to open, to liberalize, and to reform. Even as evidence accumulated to the contrary, some benefitting from this deception continued to profit off of China at the expense of America’s stature and America’s workers. The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) advances policies that study how decades of America’s accommodation of Communist China has nurtured an existential rival to our Nation and our livelihood as we know it.
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August 10, 2026
Comment in Support of Proposed Rule, “Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978”
The America First Policy Institute submits these comments through its China Policy Initiative, which researches foreign adversary ownership of American agricultural land and agricultural infrastructure and has published on the matters addressed in this rulemaking. We write in support of the Department of Agriculture’s (hereafter "Department” or “USDA”) proposed revisions to the regulations implementing the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA), and we urge the Department to finalize the rule with its adversary-specific provisions intact. The proposed rule rests on a correct and long-overdue conclusion: The national security risk presented by foreign holdings of American agricultural land is a function of the identity, location, and control structure of the holder rather than a function of acreage, and ultimately of whether said holder answers to an adversary government.
Speech
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July 23, 2026
Memorializing 27 Years of Communist Persecution of the Falun Gong
This week 27 years ago, the Communist Party of China began the widespread and systematic persecution of the Falun Gong movement.
Congressional Testimony
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July 13, 2026
Winning the Economic Competition with China: Working Families, the AI Race, and Energy
Thank you, Chairman Burlison, Ranking Member Frost, Members of the Subcommittee for inviting me to address this roundtable on Winning the Economic Competition with China: Working Families, the AI Race, and Energy.
Expert Insights
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July 9, 2026
Pax Composita: A Strategy to Counter Chinese Carbon Fiber Dominance
Carbon fiber—a tightly woven carbon compound prized for its unique weight-to-strength ratio—is a critical input for the modern weapons supply chain. Carbon fiber reduces fatigue and corrosion during use, enabling “innovative drone designs and integration of advanced features like embedded sensors, antennas, and electronics.” Carbon fiber has been a game-changing innovation in materials science, making it worthy of the attention of state actors looking to gain the advantage in evolving methods of warfare, including the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Op-Ed
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July 9, 2026
China’s war on American agriculture has already begun
In July 2024, a customs officer at Detroit Metropolitan Airport found four baggies filled with reddish plant material hidden in the backpack of Chinese national Zunyong Liu.
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