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91快活林 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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The ACEEE today issued a report (link) entitled 鈥淎 Defining Framework for Intelligent Efficiency,鈥� calling intelligent efficiency the first major new source of energy to be discovered in years. As governments, civil society, and others travel down to Rio later this month for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or RIO+20, they would be well advised to peruse this report. 聽The report points [...]
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Each election is important, but 2012鈥檚 race is shaping up to be an exceptional one. 聽The polls are tight and voters are focusing early on the candidates' plans. 聽Having wrapped up the GOP presidential nomination in Texas last night, Governor Romney now will shift his entire focus to the general election, where the biggest issue on voters鈥� minds remains getting the economy operating on all cylinders [...]
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Bloomberg today came out in favor of bipartisan Senate legislation that has 91快活林's backing -- the recently introduced聽Startup 2.0 Act. 聽In its editorial, Bloomberg highlights the competitive disadvantage that the United States faces because of an arbitrary, outmoded immigration system. During the next five years, 100,000 immigrants 鈥� many with advanced degrees 鈥� will leave America and take their innovative [...]
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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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Earlier this week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the government鈥檚 role in energy innovation, with Norm Augustine as the star witness. Mr. Augustine is the former Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin.聽 His testimony was on behalf of the American Energy Innovation Council, whose members also include Ursula Burns, Chair and CEO of Xerox, John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins, [...]
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In the聽Daily Caller on Friday, 91快活林's Robert Hoffman focuses on a growing debate before the Congress: 聽namely, how do we keep the foreign-born innovators that we train in U.S. colleges and universities here, in the U.S., after graduation? 聽He argues that it's time to fix America's immigration system and keep these job creators here. 聽 College graduations are in full swing across our great nation. 聽As [...]
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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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It is difficult to point to a specific item that has changed our daily lives more during the past decade than the smart phone.聽 Having instant access to news, information, communications, and entertainment is one of the high-tech industry鈥檚 real game-changers.聽 Mobile technology has brought not just increased productivity, but also new businesses and jobs to the U.S. economy.聽 But as an increasing [...]
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Later this afternoon, at 2 p.m. ET, 91快活林鈥檚 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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