State and Local

State and Local Governments Need to Stop Subsidizing Chinese Companies
If Congress wants to advance the U.S. economy in its toe-to-toe competition with China, then lawmakers need to pass legislation prohibiting cities, states, and the federal government from providing any funding to Chinese companies investing in the United States.
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April 21, 2022
State and Local Governments Need to Stop Subsidizing Chinese Companies
If Congress wants to advance the U.S. economy in its toe-to-toe competition with China, then lawmakers need to pass legislation prohibiting cities, states, and the federal government from providing any funding to Chinese companies investing in the United States.
April 18, 2022
Podcast: The Future of Buying Cars, With Daniel Crane
One of the benefits of electric vehicles is they cost less to maintain. But that also means there’s less profit to be had in servicing their warranties, which gives car dealers less incentive to sell them. That’s why EV makers like Tesla and Rivian depend on direct-to-consumer sales and distribution. Unfortunately, there are decades-old dealer-distribution laws standing in the way.
February 18, 2022
Maryland’s Biometrics Bill Fails to Strike the Right Balance for Privacy and Innovation
As Congress drags its feet on passing federal data-privacy legislation, state and local governments will continue to try filling in the gaps without considering the potential economic impact.
February 4, 2022
The House Should Pass Postal Reform Legislation
As ITIF has long argued, good postal reform legislation is critical, because the market environment for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is filled with long-term and short-term challenges.
January 24, 2022
The Looming Cost of a Patchwork of State Privacy Laws
In the absence of a federal privacy law, a growing patchwork of state laws burdens companies with multiple, duplicative compliance costs. The out-of-state costs from 50 such laws could exceed $1 trillion over 10 years, with at least $200 billion hitting small businesses.
June 29, 2021
Changes to Antitrust Policy Would Harm U.S. Economy
The Europeanization of antitrust policy is overall a terrible idea, but it is nonetheless gaining traction, not just in New York and other states, but in Congress too.
June 29, 2021
U.S. Manufacturing Priorities for the Biden Administration and 117th Congress
ITIF, Brookings, and AMCC hosted a special, live discussion with senior White House and Congressional offices as well as leading think tanks for a comprehensive overview of these legislative proposals and their potential to stimulate American manufacturing leadership.
June 22, 2021
Cities Left Behind in Hi-Tech Innovation
Rob Atkinson was a guest on "The Creative Life" by ThinkTech Hawaii to discuss promoting policies in innovation economics, and described how to close the divide through creative self-sustaining growth centers.
June 2, 2021
Banning Facial Recognition Technology: Baltimore’s Bad Idea
Baltimore is now considering the nation’s most restrictive ban on facial recognition technology.
May 24, 2021
It’s Time to Bring Back Place-Based Policymaking
Between the New Deal era of the 1930s and the late 1970s, it was the formal policy of the federal government to care about and try to reduce regional economic disparities.

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