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  1. Meta signs AI deal with News Corp, academic publishers call for AI transparency, and USTR releases Notorious Markets report.

    plagiarismtoday.com/2026/03/05

    #Copyright #Meta #AI #USTR

  2. Excellent argument from @pluralistic.
    pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c

    "Thanks to Trump's incontinent belligerence, we are on the cusp of a 'Post-American Internet,' a new digital nervous system for the 21st century. An internet that we can build without worrying about America's demands and priorities…The US trade representative has forced every one of its trading partners to adopt #anticircumvention law, to facilitate the extraction of their own people's data and money by American firms…But there's a…response… that's just sitting there, begging to be tried: what about repealing anticircumvention law?"

    #Copyright #DRM #RightToRepair #TPM #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics #USTR

  3. "So why did America's trading partners agree to anticircumvention law? Well, that was down to the tender ministrations of the US trade rep. Countries that didn't pass anticircumvention were threatened with US tariffs.

    I used to occasionally guest-lecture at an international relations grad program at the Central European University in Budapest, and one summer, I had a student who had served as the information minister to a Central American country while the US was negotiating the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). This student described getting a phone call from their country's chief negotiator who said, "I know you told me not to budge on anticircumvention, but the USTR tells me that if we don't give them this, they will block our agricultural exports. I'm sorry." Country by country, the world fell into line.

    When someone tells you, "You'd better do what I say or I'm going to burn your house down," and then they burn your house down, you'd be an absolute sucker if you kept up your part of the bargain.

    I find it absolutely bizarre that the USTR spent decades racing around the world, getting every country on earth to sign up to "America First" policies by threatening them with tariffs, and then Trump actually imposed the tariffs anyway, which has opened up the space for every country to get rid of those America First policies."

    pluralistic.net/2025/10/15/fre

    #Eurostack #Anticircumvention #Copyright #USA #Trump #Tariffs #DigitalSovereignty #USTR

  4. South Korea’s Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo and USTR’s Jamieson Greer discussed extending mutual tariff suspensions in Washington, aiming to narrow differences and strengthen bilateral manufacturing supply chains, with a focus on eliminating or easing tariffs on key sectors such as autos and steel.
    #YonhapInfomax #YeoHanKoo #USTR #TariffNegotiations #Automobiles #SteelTariffs #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  5. US USTR Chief Jamieson Greer stated that no concessions were made to China on AI or semiconductor export controls during recent London trade talks, underscoring US commitment to national security and technology protection.
    #YonhapInfomax #USTR #JamiesonGreer #ArtificialIntelligence #ExportControls #USChinaTradeTalks #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  6. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has raised concerns over China’s failure to honor trade agreements, particularly regarding critical minerals, and highlighted the importance of ongoing negotiations with both China and the EU.
    #YonhapInfomax #USTR #China #TradeAgreement #CriticalMinerals #EuropeanUnion #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV