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91pro视频 is back in Geneva this week to participate in the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP-11) of the Basel Convention -- an international treaty designed to control international shipments of hazardous waste.聽 Governments, civil society, and the private sector are continuing our multi-year effort to construct international guidelines to stop the illegal flow of electronic waste to facilities in the [...]
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Expanding trade and economic opportunities was a primary focus as President Obama met Thursday for several hours with Mexican President Pe帽a Nieto.聽 At a joint news conference after their bilateral discussions, both presidents talked about the economic imperative of expanding trade not only between the two neighbors, but also with other regions of the world. President Nieto highlighted an agreement [...]
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President Obama today nominated two leaders for posts that are about, as their core mission, creating new U.S. jobs and building new global opportunities for America鈥檚 businesses.聽 Mike Froman promises to be a strong leader as our next U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and his nomination comes at a critical juncture for U.S. trade policy.聽 With the push to complete the Information Technology Agreement [...]
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Trade ministers from APEC鈥檚 21 economies descended on the sprawling city of Surabaya in East Java this weekend in their annual discussions to promote trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region. Though progress was achieved on a number of fronts, the tech community especially welcomed the clarion call issued by the ministers to conclude negotiations to expand the Information Technology Agreement [...]
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It鈥檚 another good day for the global campaign to expand the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and the accompanying prospects for fostering growth, innovation, and jobs.聽 This afternoon, U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., and Ron Kind, D-Wisc., along with 39 of their colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives, sent a letter to President Obama saying: 聽 [S]ustained U.S. political leadership at [...]
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Less than a month removed from the announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that his nation would seek a seat at the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiating table, the Obama Administration has given its approval to the move.聽 Adding Japan to the TPP represents a global economic game-changer.聽 Word came this morning from Acting USTR Demetrios Marantis鈥� 聽 鈥淸W]e are pleased to welcome Japan鈥檚 [...]
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Dateline Beijing: Spending this week in Beijing -- participating in the U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum, meeting with government and industry officials from both countries, talking with Chinese entrepreneurs and tech investors -- has given me fresh perspective on how to address the challenges facing both countries, especially as it relates to technology issues. I鈥檓 not suggesting there is a magic [...]
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Under a beautiful blue sky in the Rose Garden this morning, President Obama laid out the three key questions that drove the priorities in his just-released Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget: 鈥淗ow do we make America a magnet for new jobs?聽 How do we give our workers the skills they need to do those jobs?聽 And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?鈥� Some of the key initiatives put forward [...]
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Dateline Beijing: The United States and China have more to gain from cooperation and dialogue than they do through confrontation and diatribes. That was the overarching message that 91pro视频鈥檚 Dean Garfield brought today to the 7th Annual U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum being held here in Beijing. Dean focused his keynote remarks at the conference on a number of critical issues facing the tech community [...]
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Dateline Beijing: Each day, it seems headlines in China and the United States raise the temperature on rhetoric and lower the opportunity for dialogue. Tensions are higher than they should be, and much is at stake. In Beijing this week, 91pro视频 hopes to reverse that trend and open new channels of communications with Chinese government leaders and industry officials. 91pro视频 CEO & President Dean Garfield and [...]
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