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As we recap last week's Silicon Valley visit by the delegation of Brazilian government officials, eBay sent over this look at the session it hosted. Â The piece was originally published at eBay's Main Street Public Policy site. With abundant natural resources, robust financial system and massive domestic market of free spending consumers, Brazil shapes as one of world's hottest investments destinations [...]
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Starting Wednesday, the U.S. will host the third U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue, with economic issues front and center in the discussions.  We expect that one of the trade issues that will come up is the Indian government’s preferential market access (PMA) mandate for electronic goods.  It's a policy that could severely hurt trade between the two countries, especially in the technology arena. As the [...]
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On Wednesday afternoon, the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance zeroed in on one of the major issues impacting the success and direction of the global economy: the complex economic relationship between the United States and China. While some think it will be impossible for China to overtake the U.S. in innovation, a growing number of experts see things differently. [...]
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Later this afternoon, at 2 p.m. ET, 91proÊÓÆµâ€™s Dean Garfield will testify at a Senate Banking subcommittee hearing focused on the economic and trade relationship between the U.S. and China. You can listen through C-SPAN.  Here is his full testimony, and some highlights are below.  The ability to freely access foreign markets such as China and compete on equal terms has been critical to the health of the [...]
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Today is the 15th anniversary of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA).  As trade experts gathered in Geneva to mark that milestone and look ahead to the future of the pact, 91proÊÓÆµ had the opportunity to ask U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk for his views of the ITA and what may lie ahead.     Mr. Ambassador, first thank you for taking time to share your views on the Information Technology Agreement [...]