WASHINGTON—The World Trade Organization (WTO) since 1998 has maintained a moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions of digital products and services.
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October 26, 2020
WASHINGTON—The public health and economic impacts of COVID-19 have varied in severity around the world, but overcoming the pandemic will require the global community to take greater collective acti
October 20, 2020
While the DOJ should always take action against any anti-competitive conduct that hurts consumers, they should avoid structural remedies, which are often grounded in a “big is bad” anti-monopoly ideology without considering the broader implications that such a policy would have on innovation.
October 19, 2020
There is a persistent divide among U.S. states when it comes to fundamental metrics of success in the technology and innovation-driven “new economy,” according to the 2020 State New Economy Index, released today by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the world’s leading think-tank for science and technology policy.
October 13, 2020
Pundits, scholars, and activists say the cause of the reduced share of U.S. national income going to workers over the past two decades is increased market concentration. But a new report released today by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy, shows that this analysis is largely flawed and contradicted by macroeconomic data that shows that most of the decline is from an increase in rental income, not profits.
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November 12, 2020
Though Republican and Democrats are both suspicious of Huawei, TikTok could get a reprieve under Biden.
November 11, 2020
“[Biden] is likely to focus on engaging government as a more active partner alongside industry in spurring innovation—but also as a tougher regulator of many tech industries and technologies,” said
November 11, 2020
Robert Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, predicted that “you will see a general fund of monies appropriated to rural broadband.”
November 10, 2020
Pour Robert Atkinson, président du groupe de réflexion Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, ces propos «sont plus des déclarations de campagne qu’autre chose», et une abrogation immédi
November 10, 2020
Robert Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, said he expects "enormous pressure" in this area because "the left wing of the Democratic Party has made antitrus