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America’s innovation sector is constantly looking to build relationships and create opportunities around the world. We’ve 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’re going to show how technology can play a stronger role in the second-largest economy in the Western Hemisphere [...]
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The selection recently of Silicon Valley as one of three new locations for United States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) regional offices is great news for the innovation economy. It also represents a huge victory for all of the public and private partners in Silicon Valley who worked diligently on the process. We also salute Denver and Dallas, which also competed against 50 metropolitan areas. The [...] -
It is easy to forget during this political season that there are positive examples of the public and private sectors working together to advance shared interests. This week, ITI and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jointly convened a dialogue on the ENERGY STAR® program that reaffirms the mutual benefits that strong and focused public-private cooperation can generate. Twenty years [...]
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During the past 50 years, our society has moved from one of switchboards to video chat, from mimeograph machines to online file-sharing. Innovation has brought mobile medical technology to populations desperately in need of health care, spurred on peaceful revolutions and the spread of democracy by giving a voice to the oppressed. The work of our industry not only changes the way we live and work, [...]
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This blog was originally published on The Daily Caller. At a time when bipartisanship can be a path to political ruin, legislation on, of all things, Internet governance has united Senators like Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) along with Representatives like Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Ed Markey (D-MA). In fact, Congress is poised to pass this legislation, which would call on the U.S. [...]
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During the past several months, we have talked a lot internally and with our member companies about building an advocacy organization that matches the societal and economic impact of our sector. That work has involved a great deal of tough examination on many levels. One area that we’re very excited to unveil today is our new look and website. With the launch of our new logo, we are making a strong [...]
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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 — the emergence of a new wave of protectionism. 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, ITI [...]
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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. The announcement comes on the heels of yesterday’s invitation for Mexico to enter the discussions. Already, nine nations are engaged in the talks -- the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, [...]
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Today in The Wall Street Journal, ITI president and CEO Dean Garfield and Tom Donohue, the president and CEO of the 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. The op-ed’s title captures the problem plainly: “Protectionism Is Back. The 21st-century euphemism is ‘indigenous [...]
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Next week, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, nicknamed Rio+20, will bring focus on how we live and our impact on the planet. Innovation will be at the heart of the discussions, whether they are focused on agriculture or transportation, curing preventable disease or developing new clean energy sources. And that’s where ITI and the Digital Energy & Sustainability Solutions Campaign (DESSC) [...]
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