WASHINGTON—The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), one of the world’s top science and technology think tanks, today announced four new organizations have joined the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance, an international network of think tanks that conduct evidence-based research into policies that can foster greater trade liberalization, curb “innovation mercantilism,” and encourage governments to play proactive roles in spurring innovation and productivity. The Free Market Foundation (South Africa), Macdonald-Laurier Institute (Canada), Bay Area Council Economic Institute (United States), and Taiwan Institute for Economic Research (Taiwan) join the Alliance’s 13 other members from the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
“The geographic diversity and reach of the distinguished research organizations involved in this Alliance underscores the breadth of support among policy experts around the world for rules-based trade liberalization and innovation,” said Stephen Ezell, ITIF’s vice president for global innovation policy, who is spearheading the Alliance. “Cross-border trade has made the global economy much more tightly integrated over the past few decades, and this has created new opportunities to boost growth and development. If nations around the world share a dedication to playing by the rules and encouraging across-the-board growth, then globalization can generate lasting, worldwide prosperity.”
ITIF launched the Alliance last year as a way to highlight and cross-pollinate member organizations’ work on trade, globalization, and innovation policy, and to collaborate on events, research, reports, and efforts to develop policy on related topics. All Alliance members have signed a Shared Statement of Principles, with the goal of advancing a global agenda that encourages greater market- and rules-based global competition and trade liberalization, while at the same time championing a vital, constructive role for governments in accelerating growth and prosperity through greater innovation.
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