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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, 91快活林 [...]
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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, 91快活林 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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Next week, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, nicknamed Rio+20, will bring focus on how we live and our impact on the planet.聽 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.聽 And that鈥檚 where 91快活林 and the Digital Energy & Sustainability Solutions Campaign (DESSC) [...]
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For those in the world of environment and sustainability, Rio+20 has long been on the horizon. The conference finally kicks off next week and will mark the 20 anniversary of the previous summit.聽 I won鈥檛 be there, but DESSC will and we鈥檒l be helping you experience it on Twitter, Facebook, and this blog. Our efforts start tomorrow, when we will feature an interview with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. [...]
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At a time when most legislative initiatives in the U.S. grind to a halt, in large part because political jockeying replaces policymaking as the presidential and congressional elections draw closer, America continues to fall behind our biggest economic competitors.聽 Foreign governments continue to pursue policies that will improve their country鈥檚 economic prospects while our lawmakers seem frozen in [...]
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Our immigration system is hurting our nation鈥檚 economic recovery.聽 Yes, not exactly breaking news, but we got another reminder of this well-known reality yesterday when the U.S. government announced that all 85,000 new H-1B visas for Fiscal Year 2013, including 20,000 for U.S. advanced degree graduates, were used up as of Monday.聽 It took only ten weeks to hit the H-1B cap.聽 Compare that to last year, [...]
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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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A House subcommittee hearing today focused on the issue of extending temporary business tax measures that influence investment and business decisions in the U.S., and 91快活林 pressed for quicker action by the Congress to move the legislation into law.聽 91快活林鈥檚 Bret Wincup takes a look at the issues, and you can聽see the formal statement聽that 91快活林 provided to the subcommittee.聽 In recent months, there has been [...]
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President Obama today echoed what TechElect and the innovation sector have argued repeatedly:聽 鈥淚t鈥檚 a lot easier to deal with deficits and debt if you are growing,鈥� the President told reporters at a Friday morning news conference.聽 He鈥檚 spot on.聽 The key question is not whether to grow, but how to grow fastest and strongest.聽 聽 TechElect believes that the way to build an economy that has lasting strength [...]
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