Bryan Burack

Policy Director @ChinaSelect. Formerly: @Heritage, 47 NSC, @HouseForeignGOP.

[Bryan Burack @BryanBurack]

Decoupling Commandments:

1. The US and China are decoupling. The US and the free world will be defeated and vassalized if we pretend this isn't happening.

[Select Committee on China @ChinaSelect]

Chairman @RepMoolenaar and @RepDebDingell have introduced the bipartisan Biotech Investment National Security Act (BINSA) to stop the alarming surge of American investment into China’s biotechnology sector.

The Chinese Communist Party is an antagonist, not an ally, to American pharmaceutical production, manufacturing, and national security. This legislation will subject American investment in Chinese biotechnology to the review requirements of the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security (COINS) Act. When Pfizer and Bristol Myers partner with Chinese biotech companies, their deals imperil the future of American drug innovation. We must not allow American investment, expertise, and technology to offshore our biotech industry.

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

For too long, our political class treated efficiency as a substitute for resilience and consumption as a measure of prosperity.

Trade policy, industrial capacity, and national security are inseparable. And to allow foreign dependencies to degrade any one of those domains is to allow them to define America’s future. Under @POTUS’ leadership, we are rebuilding domestic production to restore American sovereignty.

[David Barboza @DavidBarboza2]

Washington is now treating the smart TV as a national security problem.
60% of the world's TVs are made in China. Hisense + TCL — both state-owned — hold ~25% of the US market. And your set captures what's on screen 2x/sec, then sends it home.
New WireScreen briefing 🧵👇 https://t.co/XDnhZRqSoV

[Bryan Burack @BryanBurack]

@AaronBMacLean @RLHeinrichs @TheFP Excellent piece of writing

[Select Committee on China @ChinaSelect]

Chairman @RepMoolenaar is leading with action. Alongside @SenatorBanks, he introduced the Securing Innovation and Research from Adversaries Act to block taxpayer-funded research from flowing to entities tied to China’s military and intelligence networks.

The bill bans federally funded collaborations, including joint research, data sharing, and personnel exchanges, with anyone on U.S. government restricted lists, closing loopholes that have allowed sensitive technology to be exploited.

More here: https://t.co/tAisScx8yA

[Bryan Burack @BryanBurack]

Corporate America continues to find new and creative ways of ritualistically humiliating itself in a doomed effort to secure market access in China

[Select Committee on China @ChinaSelect]

Today, Chairman @RepMoolenaar and @RepDebDingell introduced the Connected Vehicle Security Act. The legislation would prohibit the importation, manufacture, and sale of connected vehicles, software, and hardware linked to China.

The Connected Vehicle Security Act builds on the work of two administrations. In 2019, President Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency with respect to foreign threats to America's information and communications technology supply chain, establishing the legal authority for the federal government to act. The Biden Administration used that authority to finalize regulations in January 2025 prohibiting connected vehicle software and hardware linked to China and Russia. The Connected Vehicle Security Act expands those protections in statute.

More here: https://t.co/x8pbeN7Btq

[Bryan Burack @BryanBurack]

@geoffrey_cain @Commonplacemag @oren_cass Legendary team up

[sourcery @sourceryy]

"We're all-in on hardcore US manufacturing."

@adampbry says after China sanctioned @SkydioHQ and "tried to kill" their company, they built "the most secure drone supply chain in the world, independent from China."

"If you roll back 12 years—basically all drones and drone components were made in China. We made a very contrarian bet in 2014 when we started U.S. manufacturing."

"A year and a half ago, we had the great honor of being sanctioned by the Chinese government. It was a pretty aggressive action."

"They announced the sanctions and then showed up at the suppliers that we still had in China, shut them down, stopped them from doing business with us, and really tried to kill us."

[White House OSTP 47 @WHOSTP47]

https://t.co/xjjjvNaAIz

[House Foreign Affairs Committee Majority @HouseForeignGOP]

.@RepBrianMast: If U.S. companies won’t sell out to China, we should expect our closest allies’ companies like Dutch chip equipment manufacturer, ASML, to follow our lead. That’s what true partnership means.

We must not hand over the tools China needs to overtake America on AI. @RepBaumgartner’s MATCH Act will ensure that we work with our allies to cut China off from these vital technologies.

[Select Committee on China @ChinaSelect]

Thank you to @HouseForeignGOP Chairman @RepBrianMast and @HouseForeign Ranking Member @RepGregoryMeeks for their leadership in advancing critical export control legislation that will restrict the flow of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, crack down on chip smuggling, protect whistleblowers, and stop American AI models from being stolen.

More here: https://t.co/BHcDX65au7

[Select Committee on China @ChinaSelect]

Chairman @RepMoolenaar is backing the bipartisan Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (MATCH) Act to close gaps in semiconductor export controls.

China has exploited misalignment with U.S. allies to access critical chipmaking equipment, and this bill ensures those loopholes are shut.

Thank you to @RepBaumgartner for his leadership on this legislation.

https://t.co/PfMvWZ4Itm

[Congressman Michael Baumgartner @RepBaumgartner]

My bipartisan MATCH Act is about protecting American workers, American innovation, and American security for the long haul.

The CCP has made it abundantly clear that it intends to dominate the tech that drives our economy & defense. My bill closes those gaps to ensure they can't get ahead in the AI race.
https://t.co/KOR3Psz3Yg

[Bryan Burack @BryanBurack]

@PeterMeijer Walking through a room that you’ve renovated yourself, that your family enjoys, is a special satisfaction.

[High Yield Harry @HighyieldHarry]

You've seen the story that the Headhunters have been retained in recruiting Investment Bankers for an Economic Defense Unit.

Here's the Deck going out to potential candidates:

[Select Committee on China @ChinaSelect]

This new Chinese AI model was built on PRC-made chips.

China will never be addicted to an American tech stack. Selling advanced U.S. chips only helps the PLA catch up.

Once China can achieve independence from U.S. chips, it will dump U.S. companies.
https://t.co/7JQTT5PEkN

[Bryan Burack @BryanBurack]

“Deindustrialization was not inevitable.  It was a conscious policy choice, a decades-long economic undertaking that stripped our nations of their wealth, of their productive capacity, and of their independence.  And the loss of our supply chain sovereignty was not a function of a prosperous and healthy system of global trade.  It was foolish.  It was a foolish but voluntary transformation of our economy that left us dependent on others for our needs and dangerously vulnerable to crisis.”

[Department of State @StateDept]

WATCH: Secretary Rubio Delivers Remarks to the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. https://t.co/MSnxmlRf2w

[Vice President JD Vance @VP]

Vice President JD Vance announces international plan for critical minerals:

“Together, we want members to form a trading bloc among allies and partners. One that guarantees American access to American industrial might while also expanding production across the entire zone.” 🇺🇸

[Select Committee on China @ChinaSelect]

@RapidResponse47 @POTUS https://t.co/CMNBBAzptZ