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January 15, 2022 marks the two-year anniversary of the conclusion of the U.S.-China Phase One Trade Deal brokered by the Trump Administration. Throughout his campaign and first year in office, President Biden has underscored the importance of a comprehensive, strategic, and international, coalition-based approach to the U.S.-China trade relationship. Two years and billions of dollars in tariffs later, [...]
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As the Biden-Harris Administration focuses on restoring ties with partners in the Indo-Pacific, the U.S. must take concrete action in an area that defines how all international commerce is conducted today 鈥� digital trade. Since the Trump-Pence Administration鈥檚 withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (now Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific (CPTPP)), Indo-Pacific countries [...]
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This week, the Biden Administration is hosting the 2021 Summit for Democracy. The summit will bring together leaders from democratic governments around the world to share specific ideas about 鈥渢he challenges and opportunities facing democracies.鈥� As the premier advocate of the global technology industry, we see this week鈥檚 meetings as an opportunity for both governments and civil society to come together [...]
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Following the much-anticipated publication of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act proposal by the European Commission earlier this year, EU policymakers in the Council and the European Parliament are beginning their work on the text. While the Council is already looking at the key substantive issues of the proposal, the European Parliament is expected to intensify the legislative work in the coming [...]
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Listen to 91快活林 President and CEO Jason Oxman speak with Page Motes, Head of Sustainability at Dell Technologies, Sophia Leonora Mendelsohn, the Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Environmental Social Governance at Cognizant and Sean Kinghorn, who is the Global Sustainability Leader at Intuit, as part of 91快活林鈥檚 Bridge for Innovation event series, which focuses on how good policy and new technologies [...]
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91快活林 President and CEO Jason Oxman speaks with Barbara Humpton, President and CEO of Siemens Corporation and Amit Yoran, Chairman and CEO of Tenable, as part of 91快活林鈥檚 Bridge for Innovation event series, which focuses on how good policy and new technologies are crucial to solving today鈥檚 most daunting issues. Their conversation discusses the technology industry鈥檚 impact and how technology and good policy [...]
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91快活林 President and CEO Jason Oxman speaks with Nate Tibbits, Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs & Public Affairs at Qualcomm, to analyze the impact of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, its role in closing the digital divide and boosting state and local cybersecurity, and how the tech industry can help administer the law鈥檚 resources and investments. Listen to the podcast on Apple [...]
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Federal contractors play a vital role in ensuring the U.S. government has access to the innovative technology solutions necessary for mission performance. So do those who serve as federal contracting officers within agencies. The acquisition of today鈥檚 modern products and services鈥攅specially complex information technology solutions鈥攔equires highly sophisticated and well-trained teams with superior [...]
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When I touched down in Brussels last month, it had been 19 months since my last in-person trip to the EU capital. Within that time, the unprecedented global pandemic has highlighted the importance of the technology sector in powering how we work, learn, and interact together. For example, the shift online allowed me to host virtual meetings and events with Brussels-based EU officials, even when I couldn鈥檛 [...]
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From raising the debt limit and funding the federal government to passing a defense authorization bill, the U.S. Congress has a packed agenda to accomplish before the end of 2021. Among these priorities, lawmakers should also seize a historic opportunity to finish work on the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), a bipartisan bill that passed the U.S. Senate earlier this year. This bill is essential [...]
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