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
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The annual Smart Fabrics Summit was held again this year at the Wilson College of Textiles of North Carolina State University, sponsored by the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA,.
The Advanced Textiles Association held its annual Smart Fabrics Summit with industry leaders. Some common themes discussed included the need for industry standardization and understanding how the sector will work with labor and trade laws as it continues to grow.