A high-standard Trade in Services Agreement can update the rules governing services trade for the digital age, and in doing so, provide economy-wide improvements in productivity and innovation.
Latin America
April 25, 2016
By pushing for a financial data carve-out in the TPP, the United States has undermined its own interests and sent a dangerous message that may encourage countries to enact more protectionist data policies.
April 15, 2016
Latin America’s labor productivity grew at only 90 percent of the U.S. rate between 1990 and 2013, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.
April 1, 2016
Rob Atkinson gave an overview of the tactics and strategy responsible for the rapid growth of the East Asian economy and compared it to the opportunities available for Latin America.
August 10, 2015
Rob Atkinson writes in Innovation Files that three things struck him during the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean.
August 6, 2015
Rob Atkinson presented to the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean on the impact of information and communications technologies (ICTs) on growth.
August 6, 2015
Rob Atkinson presented at the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean in Mexico City.
June 8, 2015
This “pocket guide” provides a road map for policymakers around the world to expand ICT use in their countries by keeping prices low, keeping demand high, and strengthening key enabling factors across the public and private sectors.
March 9, 2015
To ensure the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement creates a framework in which life sciences innovation flourishes throughout the TPP region, it needs to include 12 years of data protection for novel biologic drugs.
November 20, 2014
Stephen Ezell presented on Mexico’s Innovation Ecosystem at the Wilson Center.
December 1, 2013
The TPP will only be worth it if it concludes with an innovation-maximizing trade agreement that sets the standard for future trade deals for the U.S.
November 12, 2013
SME manufacturing extension programs are boosting innovation and growth in Latin American and Caribbean nations.
October 19, 2012
The widespread use of information and communications technology is a major driver of economic growth.
August 28, 2012
Negotiations toward the TPP Agreement should conclude with a gold-standard trade agreement.
May 25, 2011
ITIF makes the case for a landmark trade pact that raises the bar for global trade practices.