Trade Subcommittee Hearing on Maintaining American Innovation and Technology Leadership

Ways and Means: House Committee — Taxonomy · January 14, 2026

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Call to order and opening framing by Chairman Smith

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Chairman Smith opened the subcommittee, framed the hearing as an opportunity to discuss intellectual property (IP) and digital trade and argued that IP-intensive industries account for 41% of U.S. GDP and 63,000,000 jobs; he warned that discriminatory foreign measures and weak enforcement abroad harm U.S. innovators.

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A House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing examined U.S. intellectual property and digital trade policy, with witnesses warning about foreign digital service taxes and local-content mandates and labor groups urging stronger worker protections around AI and content moderation.

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