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Setting the Policy Agenda on Innovation Issues
- Alongside our in-depth policy reports, ITIF’s long-running Innovation Files blog serves as a forum where analysts provide quick takes, quips, and commentary on the latest in technology and innovation policy.
- Other blogs from ITIF include In the Arena, Rob Atkinson’s notes on the battle of ideas (also on Substack at policyarena.org), plus special series, such as The Brussels Effect, examining how the EU exports its regulatory agenda; Defending Digital, examining spurious critiques of the tech industry; and Innovate4Health, covering the intersection between intellectual property and life sciences innovation.
- ITIF analysts also frequently contribute op-eds and commentary pieces to leading publications around the world.
April 29, 2026|Blogs
States Are Targeting the Wrong Problem in Grocery Pricing
Lawmakers risk misregulating grocery prices by targeting dynamic and algorithmic pricing tools, and should instead focus on enforcing existing laws against clearly defined deceptive practices.
April 28, 2026|Blogs
The Hard Choices Facing Canada’s Next Competition Commissioner
Ottawa is choosing its next Competition Commissioner, who will decide if firms are allowed to get big by competing or punished for trying. Canada needs competition policy that protects consumers without treating scale, investment, or ambition as suspect.
April 27, 2026|Op-Eds & Contributed Articles
Korea Needs to Fix Mobility Market Before Robotaxis Arrive
As Korea moves toward its goal of commercializing Level 4 autonomous driving by 2027, the central constraint may not be technological readiness but whether the government reforms the mobility market in advance. Without regulatory changes, Korea risks deploying advanced autonomous vehicles within a closed, taxi-centered system.
April 27, 2026|Blogs
Fact of the Week: The Federal Government’s R&D Intensity Has Fallen by 50 Percent Since 1964
R&D intensity of the United States federal government, measured as R&D investment relative to GDP, experienced a marked decline, from 0.62 percent to 0.28 percent.
April 27, 2026|Blogs
Canada's Missing R&D Firms
Canada’s business R&D weakness is not mainly that too few firms do research. It is that too few Canadian firms reach the scale where R&D becomes globally significant, leaving Canada with lots of research activity but too few firms that commercialize and compete at industrial weight.
April 27, 2026|Blogs
How Brunei Is Training the Next Generation of VR Business Leaders
The Virtual Brunei Initiative shows how small nations can use immersive technology to build digital skills, promote cultural exchange, and drive economic growth through coordinated public-private partnerships.
April 26, 2026|Blogs
Japan’s Draft AI IP Code Misses the Mark, Undermining US Alignment
Japan should revise its draft AI IP code to remove technically infeasible disclosure mandates and instead adopt workable, pro-innovation transparency standards aligned with international efforts like the Hiroshima AI Process to preserve U.S. alignment and avoid deterring AI investment.
April 23, 2026|Blogs
World Bank, Where’s Your Industrial Policy Mea Culpa?
After decades of bad advice that led many developing nations down the wrong path and ignored evidence against neoclassical dogma, the World Bank should have the courage to admit it was wrong.
April 21, 2026|Blogs
China’s Military Is Cashing in on America’s Open Economy
Chinese firms with ties to Beijing—and in some cases China’s military—are quietly exploiting America’s open economy, taxpayer support, and weak post-acquisition oversight, and Congress should close those loopholes before more U.S. innovation and industrial capacity are used to advance China’s strategic aims.
April 21, 2026|Blogs
Congress Flags Korea’s Discriminatory Digital Policies
Fifty-four members of Congress told Korea’s ambassador earlier this week: Stop targeting American tech companies—or risk the U.S.-Korea alliance itself.
