Increasingly Protectionist ICT Policies Pose Threats to Global Economic Growth, Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Chamber Center for Global Regulatory Cooperation Vice President Sean Heather issued the following statement on today’s announcement that the U.S. and EU governments will launch a U.S.-EU Financial Regulatory Forum:

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Global Regulatory Cooperation Senior Director and Policy Counsel Adam Schlosser issued the following statement today on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s announcement that it supports the transition plan for domain system oversight...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President for International Policy John Murphy issued the following statement on the proposal to transition oversight of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions to the multi-stakeholder community and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN):

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Dickinson Wright PLLC, and the Northof41.org technology group hosted the First Annual Cross-Border Hackathon this weekend in Chicago and Toronto.

WASHINGTON, D.C.–U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs Myron Brilliant released the following statement today on the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield pact, which succeeds the Safe Harbor agreement struck down last year:

Letter from January 15, 2016 on Safe Harbor. 

The U.S. Chamber, along with partner business organizations in Europe and the United States, issued a letter to President Obama and the European heads of state urging agreement on an updated Safe Harbor transatlantic data transfer mechanism to avoid costly interruptions to economically vital exchanges of data and information across the Atlantic.