IBM Policy Lab: Driving SME Growth & Resilience - Digital Technologies & Data Flows

IBM Policy Lab: Driving SME Growth & Resilience - Digital Technologies & Data Flows

ALI CEO, Dr. Orit Frenkel, joined a panel of other experts as part of the IBM Policy Lab, to discuss how digital technologies and cross-border data flows support growth and resilience for SMEs and how digital trade can serve as a critical component of a “worker-centric” trade agenda. Click here to listen to the program.

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ALI/GlobalWorks Convenes a Discussion on Developing a Worker-Centric Trade Policy

ALI/GlobalWorks Convenes a Discussion on Developing a Worker-Centric Trade Policy

ALI and Global Works Foundation hosted a program discussing the “Elements of a Worker-Centric Trade Policy,” with Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Stacy Plaskett, as well as thought leaders from organized labor, business and civil society. The group explored the meaning of a worker-centric trade policy and how to ensure that benefits of trade flow to both domestic and foreign workers.

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ALI Convenes Discussion on A Trade Policy for the Middle Class

ALI Convenes Discussion on A Trade Policy for the Middle Class

ALI members only event

ALI hosted a discussion on, A Trade Policy for the Middle Class, with Representatives Ron Kind and Stacey Plaskett, Alexandra Whittaker, new Chief Counsel to the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee and thought leaders from business, think tanks and civil society. The members addressed the importance of expanding the U.S. social safety net, in order to move forward with a trade agenda. There was discussion regarding the expiration of Trade Adjustment Assistance legislation in July, and suggestions to improve its effectiveness, including Tim Meyer’s piece which would shift TAA’s focus to support for communities hurt by trade.

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ALI Conference on a Global Digital Strategy for America

ALI Conference on a Global Digital Strategy for America

ALI hosted a conference on a Global Digital Strategy for America, featuring a keynote address by Senator Robert Menendez, panels discussing domestic and international digital policies, featuring Congresswomen Del Bene, Murphy and Houlahan, Ambassador Michael Froman, Ambassador Karen Kornbluh, Fred Humphries, VP, Microsoft, Wendy Cutler, VP Asia Society Policy Institute, and Scott Kennedy, Director, CSIS Center for China Business and Economics, and moderated by Steve Clemons, Editor at Large, at The Hill.

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ALI Webinar: Discussion with Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA): U.S.-China Relations in a Post-Covid-19 World

ALI Webinar: Discussion with Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA): U.S.-China Relations in a Post-Covid-19 World

ALI and WITA co-hosted a webinar with Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA), founder and co-chair of the Congressional U.S.-China Working group, and a key thought leader on the U.S.-China relationship. The conversation focused on the importance of redefining the U.S.-China relationship to insure American economic competitiveness and national security in the 21st century.

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ALI Webinar: Discussion with Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA): The Future of Digital Policy

ALI Webinar: Discussion with Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA): The Future of Digital Policy

ALI and WITA co-hosted a webinar with Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA), a member of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee and a thought leader on technology and digital policy. The conversation focused on the importance of the U.S. to lead on setting up a domestic and international digital regulatory regime, one that will ensure an internet that is secure, transparent, and open for business.

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Digital Trade and National Security Policy Forum

Digital Trade and National Security Policy Forum

ALI members only event
ALI convened Members of Congress together with senior thought leaders from civil society, think tanks and business to discuss digital trade and national security policy. Discussion centered around the need for the U.S. to set its own regulatory agenda in order to lead globally, the need for a plurilateral high standard trade agreement to supplement the WTO negotiations, and the need for a Digital Marshall Plan to enable…

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