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Dateline Geneva: Trade negotiators from around the world have arrived to a pleasantly cool and sunny Geneva to begin what we hope will be the final round of talks this week to expand the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement. Recall this tariff-elimination effort kicked off a little more than a year with a major conference at the WTO to commemorate the 15th anniversary of this important agreement. [...]
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This piece was originally posted by Schneider Electric. In a year of political impasse where we can’t agree on a budget, immigration reform or gun control, an area of agreement and bi-partisan support has emerged; energy efficiency. Depending on which side of the aisle you sit, energy efficiency either gets support as a job creator, a reducer of government waste or a step forward towards solving our [...]
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In terms of legislative process, the path forward for immigration reform remains a work in progress. In terms of economic impact, the path forward for our country if immigration reform becomes law is crystal clear: The United States will experience increased productivity, new businesses and jobs, and a revitalized, more innovative economy. A new White House report outlines the potential economic [...]
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There’s good news from New Delhi today as the Government of India (GOI) has opted to take a closer look at its highly controversial policy designed to compel foreign companies to manufacture electronic products in India if they want to sell there. After a meeting of India’s key economic and security policy advisors, the Prime Minister’s Office announced its decision today to revisit and review the [...]
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In my previous blog, I talked about the importance of standards, and how the Responsible Recycling (R2) standard set the bar for the safe recycling of electronics. When I wrote that blog, the R2 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) was in the final stages of updating the original R2 Standard (R2:2008) to become the new, improved R2:2013 Standard. Since that blog, the R2 Board of Directors (which includes [...]
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Xi Jinping mentioned the new political slogan “the Chinese dream” numerous times in his first speech to the nation as the President of China in March 2013. But what does it mean? To put the dream into practice, it appears the Chinese government’s first priorities are to improve food safety and address the pollution problem in China. In response to the toxic smog in Beijing and other major cities, [...]
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Good morning. Today's ITI Daily News Roundup is live. Today's top stories include an op-ed from former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick, the director of the Goldwater Institute's Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation. Their message to the GOP: It's time to pass immigration reform. "No Republican would vote for legislation that stifled economic growth, promoted illegal immigration, [...]
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Nearly 200 company representatives from several industry sectors participated in our first-ever ITI Sustainability Series – product policy and compliance seminars held in Round Rock, Tex., Santa Clara, Calif., and Schaumburg, Ill. Many thanks to our hosts – Dell, Intel, and Motorola Solutions, respectively – and to the diverse speakers who shared their expertise at the seminars. We presented the seminars [...]
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Much of the current debate about the Federal deficit focuses on cutting, spending, taxing, and other overly politicized terms. Lost is the significant impact smart energy policies can play in creating real savings, which is why we were pleased to see a new energy efficienct technology bill introduced last night by Senators Mark Udall and James Risch. The Energy Efficient Government Technology Act [...]
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What began as eight bipartisan U.S. Senators in January has now become 68 U.S. Senators in June, all joining together because the time has come to fix our broken immigration system and make it work for the American people and the American economy. Since the last time Congress passed comprehensive immigration reform, our economy has become more innovative, more dynamic, and more reliant on a highly [...]
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