What worsens the problem for the US is that American colleges do not seem to be churning out enough graduates capable of filling these vacancies, and thus a large numbers of these prime jobs are lost to other countries.
As a proactive measure to keep America from losing out to emerging powers like India and China in the technology field, a US panel some time ago sounded a warning and suggested ways to maintain its dominant position in science and technology.
India and China are fast emerging as the real hi-tech centres that can challenge the US hegemony in the field of technology.
Image: A stunt plane performs during Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan, even as the US flag flutters in the wind. | Photograph: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images
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