On September 15, Clyde Prestowitz, an economist, former U.S. trade negotiator and author of several best-selling books on globalization and Asia discussed his recent book, “The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership” at a WSCRC webinar. Mr. Prestowitz outlined the economic growth history and explained that China has used a similar playbook, one that America abandoned at the end of World War II, to build its economy. He argues that China’s current state capitalist system is being used to overwhelm industries around the world, setting up China to dominate key technologies into the future. Mr. Prestowitz proposed concrete steps that the U.S. should take to maintain global technological leadership and increase manufacturing’s share of the U.S. economy.