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House Subcommittee Hearing Focuses on Protecting U.S. Innovation, Digital Trade
Summary
A House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing brought industry, trade and labor witnesses who urged stronger enforcement of U.S. intellectual property abroad, warned about spreading digital‑trade barriers and urged worker‑centered AI policies; members pressed for enforceable commitments from allies and possible Section 301 actions.
House members and outside witnesses on Thursday debated how the United States should defend intellectual property and digital trade as the global economy adopts new rules for data, platforms and content.
Chairman Smith opened the hearing saying that IP‑intensive industries account for 41% of U.S. gross domestic product and support roughly 63,000,000 jobs, and that discriminatory foreign measures ‘‘harm U.S. innovators’’ and must be countered. Ranking Member Rep. Sanchez said Democrats share concerns about protecting IP but emphasized worker impacts, higher consumer prices and broader civil‑liberties worries in trade policy.
Andrej Iancu, former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and co‑chair of the Council for Innovation Promotion, told…
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