ALI Perspective: The Americas Act | |
With China now South America’s largest trading partner, deepening U.S. economic ties with the countries in our hemisphere has become more urgent. ALI is excited to see the White House collaborating with Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on The Americas Act. The Act has broad ranging provisions to increase U.S. economic engagement in Latin America. It includes incentives for supply chains moving out of China to relocate to Latin America, multilateral funding to foster public-private partnerships in the region, and pathways and financial assistance for countries in the region to join USMCA. If the Act becomes law, it will dramatically reshape U.S. ties with Latin America, and reaffirm the importance of Congressional leadership on trade. | |
ALI Program: AI Global Governance | | |
Rep. Don Beyer and ALI participants | |
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Elizabeth Kelly,
National Security Council
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ALI hosted Reps. Don Beyer and Sean Casten, and Elizabeth Kelly (Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy) together with thought leaders from business and think tanks for a discussion on AI global governance. Participants commended the White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence and discussed ways the U.S. could build on areas of common ground to engage internationally. The group noted that promotion of U.S. values should be a key part of global engagement on AI. Finally, participants noted that two important building blocks of AI governance are passing U.S. federal privacy legislation and rejoining the WTO digital trade negotiations. | | |
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ALI Webinar
Progress and Next Steps:
The Commerce-led Pillars of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)
Friday, December 8
10:15 - 11:30 AM (ET)
Click here to register for the program.
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December 8: Join the American Leadership Initiative for a robust discussion with Sharon Yuan, Chief IPEF Negotiator for the U.S. Department of Commerce. Sharon will talk about results in the Commerce-led pillars of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), including the Clean Economy Agreement, the Fair Economy Agreement, and the Supply Chain Agreement, as well as next steps in these and other areas. | | |
December 12: ALI will be a hosting a roundtable for members to explore the Economic and National Security impact of the Administration's industrial policies with Reps. Adam Smith, Chrissy Houlahan, and Marilyn Strickland. | |
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It is with heavy hearts that we acknowledge the passing of ALI Advisory Board member, Eric Biel, who was dedicated to advancing human rights and worker rights as a U.S. government official, labor rights advocate, and law professor. His work improving the lives of millions of workers worldwide will continue to have a global impact. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, www.act.hias.org, or to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, www.business-humanrights.org/en/. For more about Eric and his life, see www.fairlabor.org/in-memoriam-fla-senior-advisor-eric-biel/.
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“Lowering tariffs on environmental goods, transferring technologies that the IRA makes affordable, and redistributing CBAM revenues to industrial decarbonization efforts in EMDEs could all help accelerate the energy transition in the Global South without encouraging trade fragmentation. For all of this, COP28 could be the starting point.” | |
"Protecting human rights online, strengthening platform responsibility, and safeguarding a global and interoperable internet are all mutually reinforcing.... Ultimately, USTR should return to the WTO negotiating table with a renewed commitment in support of cross-border data flows and galvanize allies to reach consensus on this issue. The internet’s future – and the rights of the people who use it – depend on it." | |
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"The tension between promoting democracy and human rights, on one hand, and maintaining influence abroad is hardly a new one for the U.S. It is very much alive in Africa today with the competition between the U.S., Russia and China, where Moscow and Beijing promise aid and security without strings. But for the U.S., the campaign to promote democracy is, among other things, an essential selling point for a domestic audience that has grown increasingly isolationist in recent years." | | |
Providing a new vision for American global leadership | |
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