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Issues so we get support from those that are interested, everything from ip issues to biotech. Host for our purposes on the communicators is it fair to say large Silicon Valley companies are part of your funding operation, google, apple, facebook of the world . Guest absolutely. These companies were early supporters because theyre interested in this idea of how do we proceed quickly with innovation. Host you also run, you are the director of itif center for data innovation, which is what . Guest we have Research Center focused on issues around data. For a long time policymakers realize they ha...

Introduce sabine weyand, who is the new director general for trade in the e. U. In that you commission. She took over the position a month ago and this is her first visit in washington. Csis is happy to have her here to make some open remarks, then she and i will have a conversation that will touch on a number of issues. Then we will open it up for your questions. Dr. Weyand for trade. Prior for this, she was the deputy chief resident negotiator for two and a half years, which had to the one of the difficult jobs in the e. U. I told her that if we invite her back a year from now, we will ask h...

The midnineties are coming back. It will be hot inland. For the rest of us, this will be a very typical and early july day. Look at the low clouds that have shown up. You cannot even see the bridge at the golden gate. If we switch to view and take a look at san jose, is the low grade view here as well. We have seen the stratus clouds take san jose, and the south bay. It is a great start to the day. A lot like yesterday and just like yesterday, this will burn off. This is what it looks like from the top of the tower right now. You have to get pretty high to get up above all of this. As far as t...

Questions. Land for trade. Prior for this, she was the deputy chief resident negotiator for two and a half years, which had to the one of the difficult jobs in the e. U. I told her that if we invite her back a year from now, we will ask her who was harder to negotiate with, the british or the americans. I am sure we would get a polite historybut, she has a in a number of positions of significance inside the european commission. As i said earlier, one of my personal favorites is before she was a brexit deputy, she was Deputy Director general of trade. Those of you who are european command, know...

Tell us what the Clean Power Plan was all about. Sure. So the Clean Power Plan was aimed at controlling Greenhouse Gas emissions from the power sector which is the second largest source of Greenhouse Gases currently in the u. S. And it took systemic approach to cutting emissions, so power plants around the country had a range of options they could use. Strategies like increasing efficiency or they could switch which kind of fuel they were using, for example, switching from goal to natural gas or they could also do emissions trading so they could use credits to koubt counteract any coal consump...