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If jobs and the economy are the focus of the President’s State of the Union Address and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s Republican response, then trade and exports should receive prime-time attention. Senior Administration officials recently have said the President will use his Tuesday night’s speech to zero in on jobs and the economy. In fact, the President told the House Democratic caucus late last [...]
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ITI's John Neuffer has spent the week in Geneva as global trade negotiators focus on how best to expand the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). He sent this update on the discussions. Despite some heavy snow in Geneva this week, WTO negotiators have been busy here with another round of technical talks to expand the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), an initiative aimed at completely eliminating [...]
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Today, the President signed into law a bill establishing Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia, bringing to closure years of work spent opening the growing Russian market to American goods and services. The new law represents a victory for American workers and businesses, and will deliver a welcome boost to the U.S. economy at a time when it needs it most. The enactment of PNTR legislation [...]
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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. For the tech industry, a big boost came with the inclusion of this pearl in the 2012 Leaders’ 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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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 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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As global trade leaders completed their meetings at the WTO this week in Geneva, ITI’s 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. Before leaving for home, John wrapped up the developments at the WTO. Free trade took an important step forward here at the WTO in Geneva earlier this week when agreement [...]
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This week, we mark an important date as the global Information Technology Agreement (ITA) reaches its 15th birthday. With 73 participating members, the ITA has proved to be one of the most commercially successful trade agreements ever. The data bear this out. By eliminating tariffs on core information and communications technologies, the ITA has strengthened and expanded global trade and U.S. competitiveness. [...]
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