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  • TOPSHOT – US President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on April 3, 2025. Trump is travelling to the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Florida before going to his Mar-a-Lago resort. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    Even Trump’s allies fear he’s leading America into a recession with his tariffs. Here are some off-ramps

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 13: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. The two leaders met as the Trump administration has once again put the military alliance between the United States and Western Europe in question. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Commentary

    Trump’s tariffs and policies are putting America’s economy at risk: Consumer Technology Association CEO

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  • CAMBRIDGE, MA – JANUARY 25- Students in Sanders Theater during a dialogue on the ethics of artificial intelligence. Returning students are still assessing how the departure of Harvard President Claudine Gay and the conflict between Israel and Gaza, have affected the understanding of free expression and academic responsibility on campus. (Photo by Josh Reynolds for for The Washington Post via Getty Images)Politics

    America’s long overdue pivot on immigration: Regaining control of the borders—and boosting H-1B visas

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 08: A view of a bus shelter at Pennsylvania Avenue and 22nd Street NW where an electronic billboard and a poster display the current U.S. National debt per person and as a nation at 35 Trillion dollars on August 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation)Commentary

    America’s national debt is ballooning—and any real solutions can only be bipartisan

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  • UNITED STATES – JANUARY 31: From right, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X Corp., Shou Chew, CEO of TikTok, Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap, and Jason Citron, CEO of Discord, are sworn in to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis,” in Dirksen building on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Commentary

    By sunsetting Section 230, Congress could be about to break the internet as we know it

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 28: Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) (2nd-L) joins fellow committee members during the first hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, in the Cannon House Office Building on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee is investigating economic, technological and security competition between the U.S. and China. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Commentary

    America can’t ignore its own strengths as it competes with China for global tech leadership

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  • US President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, at a news conference in the East Room of the White House during a state visit in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Biden is welcoming Macron for the first White House state dinner in more than three years, setting aside recent tensions with Paris over defense and trade issues to celebrate the oldest US alliance. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Friends don’t slap tariffs on friends. Here are the strategies that will ensure the U.S. wins the race for chips and tech supremacy, according to the Consumer Technology Association

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  • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 05: President and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association Gary Shapiro delivers a keynote address at CES 2022 at The Venetian Las Vegas on January 5, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, is being held in person through January 7, with some companies deciding to participate virtually only or canceling their attendance due to concerns over the major surge in COVID-19 cases. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Commentary

    An uncertain economy threatens startups–but caution and pessimism have no place in the tech industry

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  • UNITED STATES – MAY 18: FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing titled FY2023 Budget Request for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in Rayburn Building, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Commentary

    I lead the Consumer Technology Association and I’ve never commented on an FTC lawsuit until now. Lina Khan’s new case against Meta is laughable

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  • CANADA-US-EU-TRADE-DISPUTE-STEEL-NAFTACommentary

    Will Trump Help the U.S. Return to Economic Prosperity?

    By Gary Shapiro and Bethany Cianciolo
  • U.S. Farm Earnings Drop 14.6 Percent In Third Quarter AFter A Decline In OutputCommentary

    Commentary: We Need a Reset With China, Not a Trade War

    By Gary Shapiro and Bethany Cianciolo
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    France’s Presidential Runoff Is A Victory For Global Business

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  • Marion Marechal-Le Pen, French National Front political party member and candidate for National Front in the PACA region arrives to deliver her speech in Le PontetCommentary

    France’s Elections Should Worry Americans Too

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  • Protestors Rally At JFK Airport Against Muslim Immigration BanCommentary

    What America Can Learn From Canada About Immigration Reform

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  • US-VOTE-ELECTIONCommentary

    How Donald Trump Can Heal A Divided America Now

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