CEO DATELINE - The daily roundup of news important to associations - July 12, 2013
- July 12, 2013 |
- CEO Update
TechAmerica presses top industry priorities at White House TechAmerica took its advocacy efforts to the White House Thursday, presenting what it said were the technology industry's top priorities as the U.S. and European Union craft a new trade deal. Speaking to both European and U.S. officials, Kevin Richards, TechAmerica's senior vice president of federal government affairs, said the proposed deal "has the potential to set the global standards for limiting obstacles that disrupt trade." At issue was the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a proposed trade agreement between the U.S. and the EU that the White House says could add more than 13 million jobs.… Read More