Okay, what are the sources of this claim? I'm kind of surprised that Germans and the British steal American technology developed though bankruptcy inducing childbirths.

edit: Hmm, if that's true then US must be actually behind because every now and then the UK or some Europeans might invent something but the Americans won't have it because they respect intellectual property. Which means Americans will have only American stuff but the Brits and the EU will have Europeans stuff too.