President-elect Donald Trump's intended nominee for U.S. Trade Representative has some experience in lobbying for the media industry. Trump wants Robert Lighthizer, a former trade official in the Reagan administration, for the job, his transition team said Tuesday. Lighthizer also has experience at the firm of Skadden Arps, including several lobbying clients, according to a search of records of the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database. His name shows up in a lobbyist search on 2000’s mid-year reports for NAB and News Corp. There will be close coordination between Wilbur Ross, Trump's pick for Commerce secretary (see 1612200017), and Peter Navarro, head of the new White House National Trade Council, "to develop and implement policies that shrink our trade deficit, expand economic growth, strengthen our manufacturing base and help stop the exodus of jobs from our shores," said a transition team statement. Lighthizer emerged as contender for the USTR job when he was named to Trump's "landing team" for the USTR transition. Initial reactions from congressional Democrats were largely positive. Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said he looks forward to hearing how Lighthizer plans to develop "a trade policy that is as effective for the millworker in Medford, Oregon, as it is for the software developer in Silicon Valley." Wyden also took a shot at Trump's use of Twitter to lay out policy. “It is well past time for the incoming administration to explain its approach toward international trade beyond 140 characters," he said.
President-elect Donald Trump's intended nominee for U.S. Trade Representative has some experience in lobbying for the media industry. Trump wants Robert Lighthizer, a former trade official in the Reagan administration, for the job, his transition team said Tuesday. Lighthizer also has experience at the firm of Skadden Arps, including several lobbying clients, according to a search of records of the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database. His name shows up in a lobbyist search on 2000’s mid-year reports for NAB and News Corp. There will be close coordination between Wilbur Ross, Trump's pick for Commerce secretary (see 1612200017), and Peter Navarro, head of the new White House National Trade Council, "to develop and implement policies that shrink our trade deficit, expand economic growth, strengthen our manufacturing base and help stop the exodus of jobs from our shores," said a transition team statement. Lighthizer emerged as contender for the USTR job when he was named to Trump's "landing team" for the USTR transition. Initial reactions from congressional Democrats were largely positive. Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said he looks forward to hearing how Lighthizer plans to develop "a trade policy that is as effective for the millworker in Medford, Oregon, as it is for the software developer in Silicon Valley." Wyden also took a shot at Trump's use of Twitter to lay out policy. “It is well past time for the incoming administration to explain its approach toward international trade beyond 140 characters," he said.
Roslyn Layton credited India with recognizing the value of free data but cited problems with its "aggregator" approach. Reversing a previous ban on differential pricing for data services, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) now acknowledges free data can help the poor, said a Tuesday blog post by Layton, an American Enterprise Institute scholar and Trump FCC landing team member (see 1611290022). The "TRAI rejected three proposed models for free data and presents a new model in which 'third party aggregators' create the market for free data," she wrote. "Let’s applaud TRAI for recognizing the value of free data. Aggregation is a novel approach, but it is neither costless nor neutral. Moreover, the ruling creates a new problem of regulatory discrimination restricting how telecom service providers can participate in the market." Layton suggested the better way to discover the best free-data approach "would be to conduct a randomized control trial without regulatory discrimination." Indian telecom carriers could still challenge the TRAI's decision in court, she said, but for now the aggregator-based policy sets up a "de facto randomized control trial" as other south Asian nations have implemented various free-data programs that have increased broadband adoption. "It’s hard to see why some 446 million people in rural parts of India could not benefit from such programs, in addition to at least 80 million urban poor in the country," she wrote.
President-elect Donald Trump's intended nominee for U.S. Trade Representative has some experience in lobbying for the media industry. Trump wants Robert Lighthizer, a former trade official in the Reagan administration, for the job, his transition team said Tuesday. Lighthizer also has experience at the firm of Skadden Arps, including several lobbying clients, according to a search of records of the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database. His name shows up in a lobbyist search on 2000’s mid-year reports for NAB and News Corp. There will be close coordination between Wilbur Ross, Trump's pick for Commerce secretary (see 1612200017), and Peter Navarro, head of the new White House National Trade Council, "to develop and implement policies that shrink our trade deficit, expand economic growth, strengthen our manufacturing base and help stop the exodus of jobs from our shores," said a transition team statement. Lighthizer emerged as contender for the USTR job when he was named to Trump's "landing team" for the USTR transition. Initial reactions from congressional Democrats were largely positive. Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said he looks forward to hearing how Lighthizer plans to develop "a trade policy that is as effective for the millworker in Medford, Oregon, as it is for the software developer in Silicon Valley." Wyden also took a shot at Trump's use of Twitter to lay out policy. “It is well past time for the incoming administration to explain its approach toward international trade beyond 140 characters," he said.
President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Robert Lighthizer, a lawyer with Skadden Arps, as U.S. Trade Representative, Trump's transition team said in a news release (here). Lighthizer, who was a deputy USTR under President Ronald Reagan, "is going to do an outstanding job representing the United States as we fight for good trade deals that put the American worker first,” Trump said. “He has extensive experience striking agreements that protect some of the most important sectors of our economy, and has repeatedly fought in the private sector to prevent bad deals from hurting Americans. He will do an amazing job helping turn around the failed trade policies which have robbed so many Americans of prosperity.”
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team now includes a telecom executive eyeing FCC changes to come under the new administration, according to its roster of landing team members updated Thursday. Joining the three American Enterprise Institute scholars on the FCC landing team is David Morken, CEO of North Carolina-based Bandwidth.com. He chairs the Bandwidth.com subsidiary company Republic Wireless, which outlined plans to spin off from Bandwidth earlier this month.
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team now includes a telecom executive eyeing FCC changes to come under the new administration, according to its roster of landing team members updated Thursday. Joining the three American Enterprise Institute scholars on the FCC landing team is David Morken, CEO of North Carolina-based Bandwidth.com. He chairs the Bandwidth.com subsidiary company Republic Wireless, which outlined plans to spin off from Bandwidth earlier this month.
The FCC Enforcement Bureau approved a consent decree with Precision Castparts (PCC), which allegedly operated private land mobile radio service (PLMRS) stations without FCC authority, failed to timely file for authority to continue operating the stations, and failed to obtain FCC consent before transferring control of PLMRS station authorizations. “The laws and regulations involved are intended to prevent unauthorized radio operations from potentially interfering with authorized radio communications and to facilitate the efficient administration of wireless radio spectrum,” the bureau said in an order. “To settle this matter, PCC admits that it operated and transferred licenses without appropriate authorizations, will implement a compliance plan, and will pay a $60,000 civil penalty.” PCC is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway that manufactures investment castings, forged components and specialty metals, the bureau said. PCC uses its radio licenses to monitor and support manufacturing operations, the bureau said. The company didn't comment.
Hulu and Disney signed a licensing agreement giving the subscription VOD service exclusive streaming rights to an array of Disney films, Hulu said in a Tuesday announcement. Hulu obtained rights to a variety of Disney TV programming and Disney Channel original movies in an agreement earlier this year, it said.
Hulu and Disney signed a licensing agreement giving the subscription VOD service exclusive streaming rights to an array of Disney films, Hulu said in a Tuesday announcement. Hulu obtained rights to a variety of Disney TV programming and Disney Channel original movies in an agreement earlier this year, it said.