ITIF respectfully urges the FRA to approve the requested relief and to initiate broader regulatory modernization that embraces autonomous safety technologies.

While targeted rules and regulations which address real market failures and improve the status quo can be defensible, there are many that do not benefit competition or consumers and should likely be rescinded.

While targeted rules and regulations which address real market failures and improve the status quo can be defensible, there are many that do not benefit competition or consumers and should likely be rescinded.

The district court’s Order substantially risks disrupting the iOS ecosystem by sua sponte preventing Apple from exercising its right to charge what it wishes for the use of its platform. That is not behavior that was found to violate California’s UCL and for good reason: above cost pricing is per se lawful and an essential part of the market system upon which the antitrust laws are premised.

As part of its deregulation efforts, the administration should clarify Bayh-Dole march-in rights; rescind NIH Access Planning Policy; rescind FRA two-person train crew requirements; clarify requirements for manually operated driving controls; protect America’s innovative clean-energy technologies; and streamline regulatory permitting for semiconductors.

Instead of blanket tariffs, America should focus first on persuading other nations to pay their fair share, and then on supporting public-private investments in novel technologies that will make U.S. pharmaceutical producers more innovative and cost-competitive.

The administration should focus foremost on addressing China’s mercantilist policies and resist the urge to impose blanket tariffs on U.S. imports of semiconductors, semiconductor inputs, or products with embedded semiconductors.

ITIF offered comments on evidence the UK government should draw on; short- and long-term objectives for the UK-China relationship; areas to engage with China, and areas to draw red lines; how engagement could affect other alliances; and how to assess dependencies on China while strengthening security and resilience.

By leveraging market mechanisms, engaging critical stakeholders, and ensuring robust technical standards, the Commission can facilitate an efficient and effective allocation of the Upper C-band.

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.