by WCIT | Dec 8, 2011 | Free Trade Agreements, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
“TPP is not something that one gets invited to. It’s something that one aspires to.” That was the quote from Michael Froman, President Obama’s deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs, in reaction to China’s assertion that...
by WCIT | Nov 30, 2011 | The Importance of International Trade, Trade Data, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
One of the major issues that the Washington Council on International Trade cares about is IPR – intellectual property rights. Whether in stand alone federal legislation on software piracy or codified into trade policy like the Information Technology Agreement...
by WCIT | Nov 30, 2011 | Washington Trade Policy News Round-up, WCIT Blog
I don’t know if you can call a month-old article “news”, but give me a break…I’ve been a little busy putting on the hugely successful Washington Trade Conference! So I’m going to give myself an extended statute of limitations to...
by WCIT | Nov 24, 2011 | Free Trade Agreements, Washington Trade Policy Conference, WCIT Blog, WCIT Policy Priorities
I tried to think of a clever title for this blog post celebrating Monday’s fantastic and SOLD OUT Washington Trade Conference, but I’m so out of practice. My last few posts have all been Trade Conference advertisements like the uncleverly -but accurately...
by WCIT | Nov 7, 2011 | Free Trade Agreements, Washington Trade Policy Conference, WCIT Blog
With two weeks left until the Washington Trade Conference on November 21, I’ve already given you five great reasons to register, told you about the port competitiveness panel, announced the participation of the Canadian trade minister and shared our news about the...
by WCIT | Nov 2, 2011 | Washington Trade Policy Conference, WCIT Blog
I hate to do two blog posts in one week about the Washington Trade Conference on November 21 (after Monday’s Canadian Trade Minister announcement), but I couldn’t wait any longer to reveal the participants for our panel discussion on “Improving Washington’s Trade...
