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Next week, President Obama will leave Washington for a three-nation trip to Thailand, Burma, and Cambodia.聽 Media reports聽ahead of the trip note that Thailand is likely to announce its interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations which have been gaining momentum.聽 While in Cambodia, the President will participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings [...]
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Now that we've turned the page on the campaign season, Congress has the opportunity to focus on measures that will help revitalize the American economy.聽 This week, we see an opportunity to do exactly that as the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation that would establish a permanent, normal trade relationship (PNTR) with Russia and waive outdated Cold War-era emigration laws that [...]
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The leaders of APEC 21 economies gathering in Vladivostok over the weekend made good progress toward promoting growth and innovation around the world.聽 For the tech industry, a big boost came with the inclusion of this pearl in the 2012 Leaders鈥� Declaration: "We welcome the ongoing work to expand the product coverage and membership of the WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and instruct our [...]
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AMD, a semiconductor design company with growing operations in Brazil, recently hosted ICT Brazilian ministers and officials at its Silicon Valley headquarters to discuss emerging computing market trends. Attendees discussed the importance of open standards and regulatory policies to drive innovation, and today鈥檚 data center, cloud, embedded, client and ultra-low power technology solutions. Initiated [...]
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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. 聽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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聽 Last week, 91pro视频 and several of our member companies in Silicon Valley hosted a Brazilian government delegation for a week of discussions and demonstrations designed to create a greater understanding between government and innovators, and to foster a stronger relationship moving forward.聽91pro视频鈥檚 Dean Garfield takes a look at lessons learned during the visit. The slowing global economy has intensified [...]
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Experts from the APEC economies gathered in Seoul, Korea yesterday to convene a second conference intended to achieve alignment on mandatory energy efficiency regulations for personal computers.聽 While PCs have been around for a long time, achieving global alignment on how they are regulated for energy efficiency remains at the early stages.聽 To help address this problem, 91pro视频 has been partnering with [...]
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America鈥檚 innovation sector is constantly looking to build relationships and create opportunities around the world.聽 We鈥檝e proved that the power of technology can bridge any border or cross any ocean, drawing the world closer together economically, socially, and culturally. This week, we鈥檙e going to show how technology can play a stronger role in the second-largest economy in the Western Hemisphere [...]
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Buried in the communique coming out of the G-20 confab in Los Cabos this week was an important pronouncement shining light on a deeply troubling trend in global trade 鈥� the emergence of a new wave of protectionism.聽 While underscoring their commitment to open trade and investment, the G-20 leaders said "We are deeply concerned about rising instances of protectionism around the world." My boss, 91pro视频 [...]
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Today, the United States made trade news for the second day in a row when it announced that Canada would be invited to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement negotiations.聽聽The announcement comes on the heels of yesterday鈥檚 invitation for Mexico to enter the discussions.聽聽Already, nine nations are engaged in the talks -- the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, [...]
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