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February 16, 2024
The Twilight of US Trade Leadership
As 2024 begins, the United States continues its retreat from its post-World War II role as leader of a rules-based global trading system. This retreat began in 2017 with the mercurial and destructive trade policies of former president Donald Trump and has continued since 2021 with the deeply conflicted trade policies of current President Joe…
February 15, 2024
Making Sense of Music Streaming
The rise of streaming platforms like Spotify has reshaped music economics, revealing the industry’s longstanding flawed incentive structures that can make it difficult for artists to be paid for their work. These issues are only further exacerbated by the rise of AI, which raises questions around originality and copyright. In this ever-evolving industry, how can…
February 13, 2024
The Trade and Technology Council: RIP?
In case you missed it, ten days ago, the US and EU held the fifth ministerial meeting of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC), since its inception in 2021. At the meeting, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo somewhat plaintively urged “stakeholders” such as business organizations and civil society groups to “demand” that the TTC be…
February 12, 2024
To Understand AI Adoption, Focus on the Interdependencies
In 1991, in a small farming town 15 miles west of Fresno, California, the last hand-operated telephone switchboard in the US went automatic. The moment completed what can now be understood as a century-long story of change. Invented in the 1880s, automatic switchboards were only sparingly installed into telephone networks. Instead, AT&T used long switchboards staffed…
February 8, 2024
The EU Rules Risk Smartphone Security
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) targets “Big Tech” platforms under the idea that new regulations will increase competition and user choice. But by mandating openness, these new rules could inadvertently undermine vital security protections for consumers. Smartphones contain highly sensitive personal information across finance, health, and communication apps. Securing these devices is paramount. Apple has…
February 6, 2024
Indigenous Spectrum Ownership Can’t Address Digital Disadvantage
In New Zealand, February 6 is Waitangi Day, the local equivalent of the United States’ Fourth of July. On this day in 1840, Captain William Hobson the Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales and the chiefs of a large number of the indigenous Māori tribes signed the Treaty of Waitangi. In exchange for the chiefs ceding some powers to the…
February 1, 2024
Reconsidering Chevron Deference: Implications for Tech Policy
The Supreme Court is poised to reconsider a fundamental principle of administrative law. The “Chevron Doctrine” requires the court to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, rather than resolving the ambiguity itself. Chevron is one of the most-cited cases in legal history, and revising its approach to statutory construction could significantly impact how agencies regulate society. This…
January 31, 2024
CHIPS 1, CHIPS 2 . . . CHIPS X
Semiconductor titans are angling to feast on new public subsidies even before they have digested the first tranche. Two weeks ago in Davos, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, in effect, made a strong call for a CHIPS 2, referring to the $52 billion CHIPS and Science Act passed by Congress in August 2022. Not to be outdone, OpenAI’s…
January 26, 2024
Beyond Bitcoin: Unlocking Blockchain’s Potential
Blockchain technology has the potential to transform financial services, supply chains, and efficiency. Yet as innovators like Digital Assets seek to modernize infrastructure across industries, questions emerge around balancing efficiency, privacy, and regulatory needs in complex blockchain applications. To unpack some of these key questions around blockchain, privacy, and regulation, I spoke with Yuval Rooz. Rooz…
January 24, 2024
A Vision for Tech Policy is Missing from GOP Economic Plans
In the current landscape of Republican presidential candidate priorities, there is a noticeable lack of emphasis on technology policy—a crucial area that demands attention. A substantial portion of registered voters, spanning all races and including those under 30, cite the economy as their primary concern. This concern intensifies in key swing states, with 39 percent highlighting the economy as their top issue….