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Counterfeit and infringing products remain readily available on major Chinese e-commerce platforms, an investigation by ITIF has found. The investigation points to structural misalignments between the platforms’ incentives and their lax compliance with IP and consumer protection laws.

Delaying further action on the proposed Online Platform Act is the right decision. It would create barriers to entry that stifle the growth of smaller firms, while distorting market incentives and penalizing standard commercial practices of larger firms. By enabling direct regulatory targeting of U.S. digital firms, it also raises concerns over discriminatory treatment and market access.

Congress should expand Section 337 of the 1930 Tariff Act to better address unfair trade practices that China uses to capture market share in advanced industries at America’s expense. When China violates global rules or norms to benefit particular firms, they should be denied access to the U.S. market.

While a framework that could avert a destructive transatlantic trade war is a welcome development, unless this potential agreement addresses the EU's systematic non-tariff attacks on American technology companies, it will be a significant missed opportunity.

In response to President Trump’s three new executive orders on artificial intelligence (AI), the Center for Data Innovation released this statement from Senior Policy Manager Hodan Omaar.

In response to the Trump administration’s release of its AI Action Plan, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Senior Policy Manager Hodan Omaar.

We congratulate Assistant Secretary Roth on her confirmation at a critical time for NTIA. Her leadership and expertise will be critical to ensuring the BEAD program can efficiently and effectively address the remaining causes of the digital divide.

Following the announcement that the U.S. government will allow Nvidia to resume sales of its H20 chip to the Chinese market, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Director Daniel Castro.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and a group of prominent policy experts today called on the Trump administration to insist that U.S. trading partners stop unfairly targeting America’s leading technology companies with policies that constitute “non-tariff attacks.”

Punchbowl News quoted Daniel Castro in a story about exporters becoming worried that they’ll have to give the U.S. government a percentage of their global sales from certain advanced or sensitive tech products, considering Nvidia and AMD’s recent agreement to do so.

The Economic Times interviewed Stephen Ezell on the job-transformative impact of AI, the need for India to continue investing in AI, and the importance of not overregulating AI based on hypothetical risks.

The Washington Post quoted Rob Atkinson in a story about the AFL-CIO and other labor groups working to advance AI regulations designed to protect workers.

ABC7 Chicago mentioned Eli Clemens in a story about unwanted packages being delivered as a tactic by international businesses to avoid paying for return labels.

TechTarget quoted Daniel Castro on the administration’s heightened focus on the tech and economic competition with China in an article about President Trump calling for Intel’s CEO to resign.

TechHQ cited Stephen Ezell, Meghan Ostertag, and Trelysa Long’s report on how semiconductor tariffs would harm the U.S. economy in a story on President Trump’s semiconductor tariff announcement, which is creating uncertainty around policy implementation and scope.

Inside AI Policy quoted Daniel Castro in a story on OSTP Director Michael Kratsios delivering a strong message to trading partners to align themselves with the “U.S. AI technology stack."

The South China Morning Post quoted a blog by Daniel Castro and Stephen Ezell in coverage of how China is leveraging its critical minerals to lessen chip restrictions from the United States.

CNBC cited ITIF’s May 2025 report, Short-Circuited: How Semiconductor Tariffs Would Harm the U.S. Economy and Digital Industry Leadership, in reference to the vast amount of semiconductors the United States imports annually in a story about President Trump’s semiconductor tariff plans.

New Jersey Monitor quoted Alex Ambrose in a story on how states are protecting children who are being elevated as social media influencers.