| The Pentagon announced a new office on Thursday focused on driving private sector capital to companies worldwide in a bid to counter China’s dominance in military technologies.
The office is another move by the US to build self-reliance in vital industries and sectors, but could also boost co-operation with companies from allied nations in response to economic and military aggression from China.The new office comes after several private sector investors launched funds to invest in companies from the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue countries also to try to counter China’s dominance in, pharmaceuticals, military technologies and supply chains.
In the US, offices already exist that use grants and contracts to deploy capital. However, the OSC said it was “investigating the use of non-acquisition-based tools, such as loans and loan guarantees”.