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Rep. Rick Larsen: FAA Reauthorization Poses Opportunities for U.S. Aviation...
The U.S. must keep up with the latest technological advances around the world, from unmanned aircraft to next-generation airspace management.The United States has been the international leader in...
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Stephen Ezell: Latest Data Lend Urgency to Need for Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization
With global competitors expanding export credit to support their own companies, why would the Unites States unilaterally disarm the Ex-Im Bank?With Congress in the midst of considering legislation to...
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Blair Glencorse: Building Business Through Trust in Africa
Businesses can help build trust and transform the lives of Africa’s citizens through greater engagement, transparency and collaboration.There is no doubt that Africa’s success deserves to be recognized...
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Amb. Jendayi Frazer: Ex-Im Bank Key to Economic Diplomacy
The Ex-Im Bank is a necessary tool to involve American companies in emerging market growth and deepen economic ties.Right now, there are 500 million people without power and 200 million without access...
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Cindy Cisneros: How Business Can Ramp Up Education to Drive Down Unemployment
Companies across America are building stronger workforces by investing in employee skillsbuilding and education. Cities need to play a stronger role in supporting their efforts.After the May jobs...
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Safeguarding U.S. Trade Secrets Abroad — An Imperative for U.S. Competitiveness
When it comes to safeguarding America’s trade secrets — and the jobs that depend on them — bolstering U.S. law is not enough. The Trans-Pacific Partnership can help to ensure more robust protection...
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The Way We Work is Changing (And That’s a Good Thing)
Disruptive forces such as the Industrial Internet, advanced manufacturing and the Global Brain represent an opportunity that our region cannot afford to miss.If you’ve been lucky enough to travel...
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On a Worldwide Mission for Safe Surgery — Interview with Dr. John Meara
With 5 billion people lacking access to surgery around the globe, it’s time to ensure safe surgery is part of any healthcare system.The lack of access to safe surgery worldwide may not generate a lot...
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What Is Seen and What Is Unseen: The Invisible Beneficiaries of the Ex-Im Bank
Beyond the several thousands of U.S. companies that benefit directly from Ex-Im financing, the Bank is critical to tens of thousands of smaller companies that supply goods and services to large...
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Jared Weiner: Platformia — A World of Intranets of Things and...
Despite the promise of the Internet of Things to redefine how we interact with the things around us, the reality may be closer to many competing Intranets of Things — each with its own network of users...
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Stephen Ezell: They’re Dancing in the Streets in Beijing and Berlin
Though some in Congress claim to be fighting “crony capitalism” by letting the Ex-Im Bank’s authorization expire, the only ones to benefit are U.S. competitors.Congressional authorization of the U.S....
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Alicia Bonner Ness: How We Can Eliminate Cervical Cancer Worldwide
With innovative screening approaches and technologies, there’s hope that cervical cancer could be the next polio — a deadly disease that is all but eliminated worldwide.Unlike many cancers, cervical...
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Getting Gas-Fired Power Right — Q&A with Johannes Trueby of the IEA
Natural gas can play an important role in reducing emissions from power generation, but it’s necessary to get the economics right.In the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power...
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Grayson Brulte: The Industrial Internet is Always Learning
In an always on, always learning society, companies that embrace the Industrial Internet will be more intelligent and efficient.The exponential growth of data from connected devices has the potential...
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Rep. Derek Kilmer: Who Will Win the 21st Century 'Brains Race'
Congress must invest in basic research for America to stay ahead.Last November the Rosetta rocket, first sent to space in 2004, successfully landed on a moving comet for the first time in human...
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Peter Lougee: Grid Modernization — Will Startups or Policy Get There First?
Startups have demonstrated early progress on smart grid technologies and services, but they should keep an eye on what Congress does on grid modernization.Utility companies’ infrastructure is aging —...
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Bringing Care to Patients in Faraway Places — Interview with Dr. Sanjeev Arora
Project ECHO arms caregivers at the frontlines with the knowledge they need to treat underserved populations.When Dr. Sanjeev Arora was treating Hepatitis C patients in New Mexico a little over a...
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Brackett Denniston: The Truth about the Ex-Im Bank and Why America Needs It
Without the Ex-Im Bank, American businesses and employees will compete on a very uneven playing field.The charter of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im) expired at the end of June, disabling it...
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Stephen Ezell: Why TPP Will Improve, Not Diminish, Health Outcomes
It’s time to double-down on healthcare innovation, not stifle it by weakening global intellectual property standards.In a not-so-shocking revelation, a recently leaked draft of the Trans-Pacific...
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Gary Hufbauer: Globalization Policy Can Earn a B+ in 2015 — If It Delivers 3...
Trade expert Gary Hufbauer grades the global trade agenda “incomplete,” but bright prospects for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and progress at the WTO still bode well for trade liberalization.At the...
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