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This report discusses the globalization and trade-oriented conception of national security, focusing on foreign high-tech research and development (R&D) in China. It argues that global R&D mechanisms of technology transfer have potentially positive economic and security implications. The author examines the nature of this global trend, weighing the risks assumed and benefits for national governments and multinational corporations. She proposes steps that the US can take to understand and monitor global R&D in order to avoid outcomes that could prove harmful to its national and economic security interests.