And subcommittee on Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strac strange with an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices of foreign governments, especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because it is growing effect on business in the United States as well as culture. Last fall, for example, the National Basketball association had the Market Access blocked in china because an individual american citizen using a media platform not allowed in china expressed a political opinion. Now the topics have become more manufactu important. The timely information about the spread of covid19 due to chinese censorship has contributed to the havoc wreaked on our economy and health and indeed the pande
Senate committee on finance, subcommittee on International Trade customs and Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strange, with an empty room, except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless, to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices, a foreign governments especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one, because its growing effect on business in the United States. Is as well as culture. Last fall for example, the National Basketball association has its Market Access locked in china. Because an individual american citizen, using a media platform not even allowed in china, expressed a political opinion. Now the topic has become much more important, the lack of timely Accurate Information about the spread of covid19, due to chinese censorship has contri
The Senate Committee on finance the subcommittee on International Trade customs and Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strange but an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair treatment practices of foreign governments and especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because of its growing of facts on this list in the United States as well as culture. Last fall for example the National Basketball association had its Market Access lock in china because individual american citizens used to media platform not allowed in china to express a political opinion. Now the topic is become much more important to the lack of timely Accurate Information about the spread of covid19 due to chinese censorship has contri
And online censorship by countries such as china. Richard gere chaired the International Campaign for tibet testifies at the Senate Finance subcommittee hearing. The Senate Committee on finance come subcommittee on International Trade cousins and Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strange with an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually, but i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices of foreign governments, especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because its a growing effect on business in the United States. Last fall, for example, the National Association had its Market Access blocked in china because an individual american citizen using a media platform not even allowed in china expressed a political opinion. Now the topic has
President of a group called the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Mr. Castro, what is that group and what do you do . Guest i with a single take. We focus on innovation where were interested in innovation and how you can have policy to support that. Host can you give an example of that innovation . Guest ten years ago we were talking about Artificial Intelligence and the benefits. We were thinking about that and thinking about policies we need to have in place to get there and so we try to help policymakers get ahead of the curve on these issues. Host who funded iti f. Guest a bunch of funders and individuals that support our thing think and we work on a lot of different issues so we get support from those interested in everyone from it issues to biotech engineering. Host for our purposes here on the communicators is it fair to say that large Silicon Valley companies are part of your funding operation, google, apple, facebook of the world . Guest absolutely. The compani