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  • The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, is coming to Washington, D.C. next week for his first meeting with President Donald Trump since the president took office. While defense cooperation between the two countries will likely dominate their talks, this first meeting between these two important leaders also presents an opportunity to address economic cooperation in ways that will serve to make [...]
    Public Policy Tags: Trade & Investment
  • At first glance, data localization seems like an easy answer to questions about a wide range of public policy problems: how can governments ensure that they have access to data for law enforcement? How can they invigorate growth in domestic tech sectors? How should they best protect their citizens’ privacy? What policies can ensure information on the internet stays secure? All of these are good questions [...]
    Public Policy Tags: Forced Localization
  • Since 1947, when the post-World War II multilateral trading system came into existence, trade liberalization has incrementally rendered the traditional tools of protectionism ineffective. Governments, through both domestic reform and global and regional trade agreements, have reduced and eliminated tariffs and quotas, leading to increasing levels of international trade across all economic sectors along [...]
    Public Policy Tags: Forced Localization