Tag: Priorities

House Republican McMorris Rogers Gets Democrats Aboard 9 Tech Policy Priorities

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Countering the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on technology requires a two-part strategy: measures to restrict technology to and from the PRC, and equally important, measures to promote US enterprise and invention in the face of Chinese technological threats. Congress has taken important steps to restrict Huawei, control the export of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and protect Americans’ privacy and security from apps like TikTok. Leaders like Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers are driving the other part of the equation, launching an American leadership strategy to beat China through technology and competitiveness with 15 bills,

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Board Meeting: Representatives of ARASIA Countries Meet on the Occasion of GC64 to Discuss Plans and Priorities

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The meeting benefitted from the active participation of 17 representatives of 7 Arab Member States. (Photo: O. Yusuf/IAEA)

The meeting’s 42 participants, including representatives from 8 Member States, built upon the consensus developed during the May 2020 meeting of the ARASIA Board by re-engaging with the previously-identified project designs, which channel regional activities and ambitions in the areas of human health, food and agriculture and the environment into three ‘mega’ projects.

Focusing on the future effectiveness of the ARASIA agreement, the meeting’s attendees turned their attention to the growing need to designate ARASIA Resource Centres for particular thematic areas. The Centre for nuclear medicine has already been designated, and the participants agreed that efforts must now be made to identify and begin the process of designating new Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories (SSDL) as resource centres.

Finally, the participants also discussed the preparations for the next annual Board of Representatives meeting,

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