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CCIA, ITI Supportive of NAFTA Revamp

The Computer & Communications Industry Association and Information Technology Industry Council supported a trilateral trade deal the U.S., Canada and Mexico reached this weekend. It's “a significant step toward creating a foundation for North America’s economic prosperity for years to…

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come,” said ITI CEO Dean Garfield. “We’re encouraged this plan will build upon the prior economic success of NAFTA and adapt it to the fundamentally digital economy in which we live through new rules on digital trade, intellectual property, and trade in goods.” The tech industry likes the "digital trade chapter that removes barriers to cross-border data flows," said CCIA CEO Ed Black. The group also likes "protection for intermediaries to ensure U.S. internet services can be exported around the world," he said.