IP Should Not Be Used Freely
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 (ITA), the issue of protecting intellectual property in international trade is …
Read MoreJUST ANNOUNCED: Participants for the Washington Trade Conference’s Port Competitiveness Panel
As if you needed any additional reasons to REGISTER NOW for the Washington Trade Conference on November 21 (after I already gave you five reasons last week), I am excited to reveal the participants for our panel discussion on “A Federal Agenda for Port Competitiveness in Washington State”: the heads …
Read MoreTop 5 Reasons to REGISTER NOW for the Washington Trade Conference!
With the Washington Trade Conference (formerly the WCIT Senators’ Conference) coming up on November 21, I wanted to make sure that the loyal readers of the State of Trade blog knew all the great reasons to consider attending. OK, well, maybe I won’t give you ALL the reasons (there’s hundreds …
Read MoreWhat I Learned in DC: It’s Time to Get Business More Engaged in Trade
I had a great trip to Washington, DC last week (which you know already if you followed the hashtag #WCITinDC along the way). And what you’ve all been wondering…the question that’s been keeping you up at night…is “What was Eric’s number one take away from his meetings with the Washington …
Read MoreWhat I Learned on My Eastern Washington Trip
Remember back in grade school when, as soon as you came back in September, your teacher would assign you to write a paper about “what I learned on my summer vacation?” Well, I just got back from a three day trip to Eastern Washington to talk international trade, and I …
Read MoreGreat Post on International Tourism as a Trade Issue
Sometimes my blog titles are so clever and witty that you don’t know what the post is about until you start reading it. “You Down with TPP? (Yeah, You Know Me!)” might be one example of that. But this post title is pretty straight up. This is a great post …
Read MoreTrade = Development
When I’m out in the community speaking on international trade, I always use my patented line that “international business = international trade,” and I list the examples of industries that folks may not think of when they think of trade: architecture, tourism…and global health and development. That last example usually …
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