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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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Today in聽The Wall Street Journal, 91pro视频 president and CEO Dean Garfield and Tom Donohue, the president and CEO of the聽U.S. Chamber of Commerce, shine bright a light on a new trend of protectionism that threatens job growth and economic opportunity here in the U.S. and around the world.聽 The op-ed鈥檚 title captures the problem plainly:聽 鈥淧rotectionism Is Back.聽 The 21st-century euphemism is 鈥榠ndigenous [...]
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Starting Wednesday, the U.S. will host the third聽U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue, with economic issues front and center in the discussions. 聽We expect that one of the trade issues that will come up is the Indian government鈥檚 preferential market access (PMA) mandate for electronic goods. 聽It's a policy that could severely hurt trade between the two countries, especially in the technology arena. As the [...]
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91pro视频 is excited to see momentum building around expansion of the most important trade agreement for the tech industry, the Information Technology Agreement (ITA).聽 Just this week, members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation reaffirmed their commitment to play a key role as the聽World Trade Organization (WTO) works to expand the ITA. Last month, WTO members met in Geneva to mark the fifteenth anniversary [...]
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As trade negotiators start to move on the potential expansion of products to be covered by the Information Technology Agreement, Intel's Greg Slater blogged about the significant economic benefits that an expansion would hold for the U.S. and global economies. 聽Greg's blogs are all posted on the聽Intel Policy Blog. 聽 聽 Government officials have in hand a major boost for our global economy that will [...]
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On Wednesday afternoon,聽the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance聽zeroed in on one of the major issues impacting the success and direction of the global economy:聽 the complex economic relationship between the United States and China.聽 While some think it will be impossible for China to overtake the U.S. in innovation, a growing number of experts see things differently.聽 [...]
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Later this afternoon, at 2 p.m. ET, 91pro视频鈥檚 Dean Garfield will testify at a聽Senate Banking subcommittee hearing聽focused on the economic and trade relationship between the U.S. and China.聽 You can聽listen through C-SPAN.聽聽Here is聽his full testimony, and some highlights are below. 聽 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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As global trade leaders completed their meetings at the WTO this week in Geneva, 91pro视频鈥檚 Vice President for Global Policy John Neuffer was there to advocate for an expansion of the ITA and other issues critical to the tech sector.聽 Before leaving for home, John wrapped up the developments at the WTO. 聽 Free trade took an important step forward here at the WTO in Geneva earlier this week when agreement [...]
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Today is the 15th anniversary of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). 聽As trade experts gathered in Geneva to mark that milestone and look ahead to the future of the pact, 91pro视频 had the opportunity to ask U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk for his views of the ITA and what may lie ahead. 聽聽 聽 聽 Mr. Ambassador, first thank you for taking time to share your views on the Information Technology Agreement [...]
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This week, we mark an important date as the global Information Technology Agreement (ITA) reaches its 15th birthday.聽 With 73 participating members, the ITA has proved to be one of the most commercially successful trade agreements ever.聽 The data bear this out.聽 By eliminating tariffs on core information and communications technologies, the ITA has strengthened and expanded global trade and U.S. competitiveness.聽 [...]
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