Announcement
US tech controls toward China will advance in fits and starts as a post-midterm Congress recalibrates and wraps guardrails around the White House’s AI agenda. Even as the administration, with regular prodding from Capitol Hill, inches ahead on de-risking, Beijing holds critical leverage over inputs that could slow the largest industrial build in more than a century: the AI buildout. That tension is a source of geopolitical anxiety, but it is also forcing the messy groundwork for an emerging coalition of trusted tech partners in which Tokyo will play a central role. In this session, Rhodium Group Director Reva Goujon will examine the structural drivers of US technology policy through the remainder of the Trump administration and the implications for Japanese policymakers and firms.
Information
- Time and Date: 12:15-13:15, Friday, November 13, 2026
- Venue: Online
- Language: English / Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)
- Admission: Free
- Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
- Contact: Ms. KINOSHITA, Conference Section
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Speakers
- Speaker:
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- Reva GOUJON (Director, Rhodium Group)
Ms. Reva two decades of professional experience as a geopolitical strategist, working with business and government clients to manage risks, assess scenarios, and make informed decisions. Ms. Reva is known for her ability to watch the map move and anticipate how deep, structural forces, including US-China competition, disruptive technologies, and the reorganization of global trade, are forcing a rethink of corporate strategy and behavior. Ms. Reva leads Rhodium Group's research on US-China technology competition and has worked extensively with companies developing cutting edge technologies in the semiconductor, AI, robotics, and autonomous driving industries.
Prior to joining Rhodium Group, Ms. Reva was Managing Director and Head of Strategic Intelligence at Martin+Crumpton Group, a strategic advisory and risk management consulting firm. Before that, she was Vice President of Global Analysis at Stratfor, where she led a global team of analysts and served as chief thought leader for the firm’s strategic analysis, forecasting, and scenario-planning services.
Ms. Reva is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Government from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master’s degree from the Security Studies program of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
- Reva GOUJON (Director, Rhodium Group)
- Commentator & Moderator:
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- NAMBU Tomoshige (Director, IT Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
