Let not new tech emerge from India, China: Obama to Americans

Lalit K Jha, Washington, May 7 (PTI) US President Barack Obama wants
America to stay way ahead in the global race for clean energy
innovation and wants his country to make sure that new
technological breakthroughs do not take place in countries
like India and China.
In his address to the workers at an Allison
Transmission plant in Indiana, Obama said there is growing
realisation across the world that clean energy technology is
the way to the future.
"We're in a competition all around the world, and
other countries — Germany, China, South Korea — they know that
clean energy technology is what is going to help spur job
creation and economic growth for years to come," Obama said.
This is why, he said, "we've got to make sure that we
win that competition".
Obama has time and again told Americans to tighten up
in education and innovation to keep intact their lead over
rapidly advancing countries like India and China.
"I don't want the new breakthrough technologies and
the new manufacturing taking place in China and India,"
asserted the US President.
He said rather he wants all those new jobs generated
in the US with American workers, American know-how, American
ingenuity.
"We're going to have a lot of jobs in the service
sector because we're a mature economy, but America's economy
is always going to rely on outstanding manufacturing, where we
make stuff, where we're not just buying stuff overseas but
we're making stuff here, and we're selling it to somebody
else," he said.
"This is also where a clean energy economy is being
built. This is the kind of company that will make sure that
America remains the most prosperous nation in the world,"
Obama said.