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CCIA Statement As FTC Begins Its Case Against Amazon Prime

Washington – The Federal Trade Commission begins the trial phase of its case against Amazon Prime’s subscription services this week. The FTC is expected to argue that Amazon used so-called “dark...
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CCIA Statement Ahead Of DOJ’s Google Ad Tech Remedies Trial Beginning

Washington – The Department of Justice will return to court on Monday as the remedies phase of its case against Google’s ad tech business begins. The DOJ is expected to propose the breakup of Goog...
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CCIA’s Statement on the Tech Prosperity Deal Reached by the U.S. and the U.K.

London  – During President Trump’s visit to the UK this week, the U.S. and UK announced the Tech Prosperity Deal, an agreement to accelerate collaboration on cutting-edge fields including AI,...
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CCIA Welcomes Progress in U.S.-EU Trade Framework, Urges Focus on Persistent Digital Trade Barriers

Brussels/Washington – The U.S. and European Union published a joint statement today on the Framework Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade. In today’s statement, both parties committed...
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Executive Order Could Boost Commercial Space Deployment

Washington – President Trump signed an Executive Order on Wednesday to streamline regulations that cover commercial rocket launches. The updates include eliminating burdensome rules and expediting r...
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CCIA Welcomes Confirmation of NTIA Leader

Washington – The U.S. Senate has confirmed Arielle Roth as Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Roth will help lead the Administration’s telecomm...
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EU Cloud Competition: CCIA Europe Reacts to CISPE-Microsoft Settlement

Following the announcement that a group of European cloud providers has reached a settlement with Microsoft in relation to the company’s unfair licensing practices, the Computer & Communications...
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AI Act: EU’s Final GPAI Code Imposes Disproportionate Burden, Improvements Required

Following today’s release of the final version of the EU code of practice for providers of general-purpose AI (GPAI) models by the European Commission’s AI Office, the Computer & Communication...
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CCIA’s Response to Investigation of Brazil Digital Trade Barriers

Washington – Today, President Donald Trump announced forthcoming trade enforcement actions against Brazil, directing the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to initiate a Section 301 inve...
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CCIA Applauds Removal of Canada’s Digital Services Tax

Washington – The Canadian government has announced the removal of its digital services tax (DST), days after the U.S. government announced its strong opposition to the measure.  The first DS...
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Senate to Reintroduce Bill to Override Company Policies, Safety Measures on App Stores

Washington – Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and others will reintroduce the Open App Markets Act (OAMA), which would force online app stores to loosen safety criteria ...
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CCIA Europe Statement on Bundeskartellamt Investigation Into Amazon’s Pricing Mechanisms

Brussels, BELGIUM – The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) released the following statement in light of today’s announcement that the German Federal Cartel Office (Bu...
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