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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.”

Following President Trump’s announcement of a new trade agreement with Vietnam that includes tariffs on transshipped goods, ITIF released the following statement from Policy Analyst Eli Clemens.

The Wall Street Journal quoted Daniel Castro in a story about the leaders of America’s chip giants welcoming a set of moves in Trump’s AI Action Plan that could help boost the domestic semiconductor industry.

The White House issued a press release highlighting the technology industry’s support for the administration’s AI Action Plan, referencing Hodan Omaar's statement for the Center for Data Innovation welcoming the new strategy.

Inside AI Policy featured ITIF and Hodan Omaar in an article on President Trump's executive orders on AI.

StateScoop quoted Hodan Omaar in an article about the AI Action Plan, which threatens to revoke federal funding if a state’s AI laws are overly burdensome.

Forbes mentioned Meghan Ostertag and Rob Atkinson’s recent report on why Congress must fully fund the TIP directorate in a story on the semifinalists for NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines funding program.

Barron's quoted Daniel Castro in an article on President Trump's AI Action Plan and its accompanying trio of executive orders.

CIO Dive mentioned Hodan Omaar's AI Action Plan statement in a story about Trump signing a trio of executive orders targeting AI infrastructure, exports, and development.

Market Watch quoted Daniel Castro in an article about President Trump's rollout of the federal action plan for AI.

ABC7 quoted Eli Clemens, e-commerce and retail technology policy analyst, in coverage of fraudulent packages sent to unsuspecting consumers, highlighting how return policies requiring U.S. addresses can enable scams and leave consumers with limited options for recourse.

Newsweek quoted Eli Clemens in coverage of mysterious packages arriving at random homes, explaining that overseas vendors may list publicly scraped U.S. addresses as return locations to avoid paying for international shipping.