Archive for the 'Free Trade' Category

Design An App or a T-shirt and Win a trip to CES

By Laura Hubbard
Have you always wanted to go to the International CES, but you’ve never had the opportunity or money to make it to Vegas. The Innovation Movement is currently running two contests that will test your innovation skills and might just win you a ticket to the big event in January.
For those [...]

Friday, November 6th, 2009

A Titan of Technology

By Carolyn Slater
CEA’s President and CEO Gary Shapiro was named a “Titan of Technology” by the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) and on Friday, March 13, 2009, delivered a groundbreaking speech on the future of the technology industry and our nation’s economy.Before several hundred technology executives at an event hosted by the NVTC,
Shapiro [...]

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Dr. Paul Liao’s Thoughts on Free Markets and Tech Policy

By Jason Oxman
With the swearing in of our nation’s first Digital President, the technology community has taken center stage as a driver of economic recovery through innovation. One of the more thoughtful leaders in our industry, Dr. Paul Liao of Panasonic, offers an important codicil to the innovation agenda:  embracing free markets to deliver [...]

Friday, January 30th, 2009

The technology President

By Michael Petricone
On November 4th, America’s lengthiest Presidential campaign ended as Barack Obama won an electoral vote victory of 365 to 173. This election was historic on many levels, including the unprecedented way in which technology was used to organize and communicate with supporters. In a way, the Obama campaign was the most successful [...]

Monday, November 24th, 2008

…It’s All Within Reach at Kimber Kable

by Tim Herbert
Last month I visited scenic Ogden, Utah at the base of the Wasatch Mountain range. Ogden’s aptly phrased city slogan, It’s All Within Reach, made me want to heed the advice and take advantage of the amazing hiking and mountain biking nearby. As I contemplated a return visit during the winter for [...]

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Gibson Guitar in Nashville is Final Visit for the AWWT Tour

By Glenda MacMullin
The trade bus cruised into Music City to a warm welcome from Gibson USA.  We were met by employees from Gibson eager to show us their facilities and how they make guitars. Wow – what an impressive, painstaking process! We were then treated to a photo session where we were allowed to [...]

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Y’all Rock!

By Kathy Gornik, President, Thiel Audio
Everyone at Thiel felt proud to be a part of the effort, and, in particular, was thrilled that CEA’s Glenda MacMullin visited Thiel part of the event. So, thank you so much, Glenda. We are truly honored.
Here’s a photo of some of our very proud staff with Glenda holding [...]

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Free Trade in the Bluegrass State

By Glenda MacMullin
The America Wins with Trade Bus Tour rolled into the Bluegrass state of Kentucky. While they haven’t had rain in over two months – they got rain today. We arrived at Thiel Audio – a U.S. producer of high performance loudspeakers – to a warm southern welcome from their employees. Kathy Gornik, [...]

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

America, Shure, and CEA Wins with Trade Tour, Chicago Style

   By Mark Karnes, Shure Inc.
It was a rainy day in Chicago ( thanks to the remnants  of Gustav), so instead of a festive outdoor event with media attendance and well prepared speeches, we had an old fashioned discussion on the issues of trade and how we could bring more attention to the benefits [...]

Monday, September 8th, 2008

A Strong Showing for Trade at the Democratic Convention

By Michael Petricone
Yesterday in Denver, trade advocates came together to speak an urgent truth: getting our economy moving requires a strong and positive trade policy.
Speakers including Rep. Gregory Meeks and representatives from the Colorado Governor’s office and the Denver World Trade Center noted that exports are the bright spot of the economy.

Congressman Gregory Meeks [...]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008