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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.

March 30, 2026|Blogs

Health Care Is Getting a Cybersecurity Upgrade—Other Sectors Should Too

Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure—particularly health care—are escalating, and Congress should pass the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act and expand similar sector-specific cybersecurity programs across all critical infrastructure sectors to provide tailored funding, guidance, and support.

March 30, 2026|Blogs

Fact of the Week: The OECD Has Increased 2026 Inflation Projections for the G20 by 1.2 Percentage Points Due to the Conflict in the Middle East

The conflict in the Middle East, which has blocked shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and led to the destruction of energy infrastructure throughout the region, has increased the cost of commodities such as oil, gas, and fertilizer. This price shock has affected the entire world, raising the cost of food, energy, and transportation.

March 30, 2026|Blogs

WTO’s MC14 Let the E-Commerce Moratorium Expire, Showing Why the United States Needs Strategic Trade

MC14 exposed the WTO’s deepening dysfunction on digital trade and reform, underscoring why the United States needs a more strategic approach to global trade.

March 27, 2026|Blogs

Will AI Really Eliminate Entry-Level Jobs?

AI isn’t about to wipe out entry-level jobs. The data says otherwise, history contradicts it, and productivity gains will create new opportunities.

March 26, 2026|Blogs

The Administration Is Using Section 301 to Fight Unfair Trade Practices in Manufacturing: It Should Do the Same for Digital Protectionism

The Trump administration has launched sweeping Section 301 investigations into foreign manufacturing overcapacity, but discriminatory digital regulations pose an equally serious threat to U.S. commerce and warrant the same enforcement response.

March 24, 2026|Blogs

Europe’s Payment Sovereignty Push Is the Latest Front in the Campaign Against American Tech

A government backed push to replace U.S. payment networks in Europe is less about consumer benefit and more about reducing reliance on American firms, risking economic harm to the U.S. and opening the door for Chinese competitors in a fragmented market.

March 23, 2026|Blogs

Congress Is Right to Investigate Canada's Online Streaming Act

Congress is shifting from rhetoric to enforcement, treating Canada’s Online Streaming Act as a test case for using Section 301 to counter digital policies that extract revenue from U.S. firms while shielding domestic competitors. The move signals a broader strategy to confront a growing wave of non tariff attacks that distort markets and erode U.S. technological competitiveness.

March 23, 2026|Blogs

Fact of the Week: The CHIPS and Science Act Generated About 15,000 Direct Jobs in Affected Counties

A report estimates that in the 149 American counties that had semiconductor activity prior to the passage of the U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness Act (USICA), the precursor bill to the CHIPS Act, employment increased by 110 jobs per county, equivalent to a 12.7 percent increase in employment.

March 23, 2026|Blogs

AI and Kids’ Safety Need Separate Solutions, Not New Problems

The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act combines AI regulation with children’s online safety legislation in a single bill, creating overbroad, ill-suited policies that increase compliance burdens and ultimately weaken both innovation and effective protection of minors. These issues should be addressed separately with targeted approaches.

March 23, 2026|Blogs

Agentic Commerce is Coming, but Regulation Meant for Humans Will Slow It Down

Agentic commerce—where AI agents autonomously shop and transact on users’ behalf—could deliver major efficiency gains, but outdated regulations and unresolved legal questions risk slowing adoption unless policymakers update rules built for human-driven transactions.

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