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April 30, 2025|Testimonies & Filings

Comments to the FCC Regarding the CTIA Petition for Rulemaking

Congress has recognized that NEPA has spilled out of any reasonable boundaries and is trying to rein it in. Therefore, good policy sense and compliance with the will of Congress require the Commission to narrow the scope of its NEPA review, not defend its current expansive reach.

April 28, 2025|Blogs

Fact of the Week: Large Canadian Firms Pay Between 11 and 20 Percent Higher Wages Than Small Firms

A new fixed effects model finds that larger firms pay between 11 and 20 percent higher wages than small firms.

April 28, 2025|Reports & Briefings

EU Regulatory Actions Against US Tech Companies Are a De Facto Tariff System

EU policymakers frame their legislative and regulatory actions against U.S. tech companies as measures to promote competition and protect consumers. But they operate as protectionist trade barriers and revenue-generating mechanisms.

April 28, 2025|Podcasts

Pacific Theater, With With Yeo Han-koo and Wendy Cutler

In this episode of the Trade War Podcast, host Stan McCoy is joined by notable guests Yeo Han-koo, former trade minister of South Korea, and Wendy Cutler, former United States trade negotiator and vice president of the Asia Society Policy Institute.

April 28, 2025|Op-Eds & Contributed Articles

A Tale of Two Populisms: Deconstructing the Neo-Brandeisian and National Conservative Models of Antitrust Law and Political Economy

The prevailing left and right populisms—neo-Brandeisian and national conservatism—do not present desirable models for grounding the next generation of U.S. antitrust law and share important key flaws.

April 25, 2025|Blogs

How R&D Keeps Businesses Alive and Economies Growing

Nations with businesses that spend more on R&D experience fewer firm closures. As such, policymakers should incentivize domestic businesses to invest more in R&D if they want to see industries succeed and grow, boosting the overall economy.

April 24, 2025|Blogs

USPS Needs Innovation—Not a White House Takeover

President Trump’s proposal to move USPS under the Department of Commerce would politicize an independent institution, risking service disruptions and unfair pricing. Instead, USPS needs innovation-focused reforms that boost efficiency, strengthen public-private collaboration, and maintain its universal service mission without political interference.

April 23, 2025|Blogs

Retaliatory Tariffs Could Cut US ITA Exports by $56 Billion

An ITIF model shows how foreign retaliation to tariffs announced by the Trump administration would reduce U.S. exports of the advance manufactured goods covered under the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement.

April 23, 2025|Blogs

Uncapped Fiber Fixation Can’t Close the Digital Divide

If states or NTIA plan to spend tens of thousands of dollars per home on deployment and thereby deny affordability support to millions, they should be prepared to explain why they’re spending most or all their money on 3 percent of the problem.

April 22, 2025|Blogs

Unlocking the Promise of AI for the State Department

With the right infrastructure and vision, the United States can become a global leader in AI-enabled diplomacy. The State Department should seize this moment—not just to experiment with AI and increase organizational efficiency, but to embed AI at the core of how it conducts diplomacy in the 21st century.

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