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Panel warns U.S. retreat from digital trade talks hands advantage to rivals
Summary
Witnesses at a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing said U.S. withdrawal from core digital trade talks and slow enforcement of measures like digital services taxes risk harming American tech competitiveness, calling for renewed leadership and stronger enforcement tools.
Chairman Smith opened the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade hearing by urging U.S. leadership on digital trade, saying, "Technology products are a crown jewel of American competitiveness." The panel of witnesses told members that recent U.S. decisions at the World Trade Organization and the evolution of measures such as digital services taxes (DSTs) threaten American firms' global market access.
Panelists emphasized why the issue matters. Robert Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, told the subcommittee that America must push back against foreign measures that discriminate against U.S. companies, pointing to the administration's decision last year to withdraw support for core digital trade rules at the…
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