Mr. WCIT Goes to Washington
My job as the President of WCIT is to fly to DC and meet with our Congressional delegation (at least that’s part of my job…that and writing clever posts on the State of Trade blog, of course). So why, you might ask, am I going to write a blog post about …
Read MoreWCIT Press Release in Advance of the 3/15/12 U.S. Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Russia PNTR
Read MoreIP 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 More2011 Trade Conference a Success!
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 – titled “JUST ANNOUNCED: Canadian Trade Minister to …
Read MoreJUST ANNOUNCED: Rep. Larsen & “Next Steps for Free Trade” panel at the Washington Trade Conference
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 finance, tourism & global health panel. In fact, …
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