Statements

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

WASHINGTON—Germany’s Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer announced the country’s intention to impose a 10% tax on revenues of digital services providers targeting U.S. companies—an extraordinarily...

Washington – The Department of Justice and Google return to court Friday for closing arguments in the remedies portion of the online search antitrust case. Last year, U.S. District Judge Amit Meh...

Following the European Commission’s adoption of the fourth ‘omnibus’ simplification package – aimed at simplifying rules for small companies and mid-caps – the Computer and Communications In...

Following the European Commission’s presentation of new measures to reduce regulatory and administrative burdens on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) today, including provisions for paperles...

Washington – Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), have reintroduced the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) today. The text, ...

Washington – As part of the communications title of the FY 2025 budget reconciliation proposal, the House Energy & Commerce Committee has included a provision aimed at boosting U.S. competitiven...

Washington – The Copyright Office has released a pre-publication version of the third and final part of its Copyright and Artificial Intelligence study, Part 3: Generative AI Training (Pre-publicati...

Washington - Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, and Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representatives Kevin Kiley (R-CA) and Scott Pe...