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US-Europe trade relations: Bad news (on FTA negotiations) and good news (on...
First, the (continuing) bad news regarding a proposed US-EU free trade agreement (FTA): As I have observed previously, the near-term prospects for a comprehensive bilateral trade pact are not good,...
View ArticleVideo games could help you develop THIS important career skill…| reTHINK TANK...
Video games are a fun pastime, but could they also build valuable 3D thinking skills that benefit your career? AEI’s Ryan Streeter and Northwestern University Professor David Uttal explain the research...
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When evaluating California data regulation, don’t forget the thousands of US...
National Small Business Week offers an opportunity to take stock of the potential impact of the California Consumer Privacy Act. The Small Business Administration reports that independently owned and...
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Facebook’s cryptocurrency has an important advantage: Users - Digital Trade -...
Ahead of the introduction of Facebook’s Libra, a hot debate in the cryptocurrency world has been whether a “permissioned” coin can really be called a “cryptocurrency.” The original cryptocurrency,...
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Global digital trade negotiations: Outlook has dimmed but the US has options...
In a symbol of the digital state of mind even among close US allies, a Financial Times columnist recently celebrated the prospects of a “Splinternet.” From a European perspective, he concluded:...
View ArticleConfusing Trump trade policy keeps confusing - Digital Trade - AEI
Is the Trump administration trying to good cop/bad cop Beijing? Just when you think it’s a done deal that Commerce Department partially delays its Huawei ban, President Trump says he does “not want to...
View ArticleEt tu, Financial Times? ‘State planning,’ Elizabeth Warren, and a ‘new...
Here in the dog days of August, surprises can still pop up. Some days ago, the Financial Times (FT) editorial board supplied us with an editorial titled “US should drop its concerns about state...
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Firms should (want to) pay for data movement - Digital Trade - AEI
“Big data” is supposed to be a crucial factor in corporate- and state-level competitiveness. Multinationals and host countries are thus battling over control of cross-border data flows. While most...
View ArticleRules versus home rule—local government responses to negative revenue shocks...
Abstract Local governments rely heavily on sales tax revenue. We use national bankruptcies of big-box retail chains to study sudden plausibly exogenous decreases in this type of revenue. Treated...
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The US-Japan trade agreement: A major advance for US-led digital trade rules...
At the G-7 Summit, President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed “in principle” to the terms of a new partial free trade agreement between the two countries. The plan is to...
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