Publications

Chinese e-commerce platforms are profiting from large-scale design theft that undermines independent creators on sites like Etsy. U.S. policymakers should respond with stronger IP enforcement and trade regulations to protect the American creative economy.

It’s time to think big and bold. The United States should pursue a super-automation moonshot by establishing 50 to 100 demonstration factories that deploy state-of-the-art automation technologies.

The CHIPS Act tax credit powered America's chip resurgence and letting it expire would stall the momentum.

In Law360, Eli Clemens argues that international anti-counterfeiting efforts must directly confront China’s central role in the counterfeit trade, or risk rendering global enforcement guidelines ineffective.

South Africa’s aggressive use of competition law to impose mandatory payments, algorithmic changes, and operational requirements on U.S. technology platforms systematically undermines American competitive advantages.

Nigeria’s Data Protection Act 2023 systematically undermines U.S. technology leadership by forcing American companies to transfer valuable technical capabilities to local entities through restrictive data transfer requirements that compress innovation cycles and erode competitive advantages.

South Africa’s digital merger guidelines systematically disadvantage U.S. technology companies by forcing mandatory notifications for transactions that fall below standard thresholds, creating regulatory barriers that divert resources from innovation while enabling smaller competitors to expand unencumbered.

Saudi Arabia’s data transfer restrictions systematically disadvantage U.S. technology companies by mandating costly compliance mechanisms and creating legal uncertainty that erodes American competitive advantages in cloud computing and digital services.

Canada’s cross-border data transfer requirements systematically disadvantage U.S. technology companies by forcing costly infrastructure fragmentation that undermines the economies of scale and innovation capabilities that drive American tech leadership.

Indonesia’s Government Regulation No. 71 of 2019 (GR71) systematically disadvantages U.S. technology companies through mandatory registration requirements, government access provisions, and complex cross-border data transfer restrictions that force American firms to divert resources from innovation to compliance.