The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. ENERGY

Executives from major oil companies testify before Congress on industry profits.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis, Jr. on the many flaws of a windfall profits tax on the oil industry.

2. FINANCE

The federal government sides against eBay in a patent dispute over the company’s “Buy It Now” feature.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Economics Policy Fellow John Berlau on what federal regulators can learn from the business models of eBay and Amazon.com.

3. ENVIRONMENT

The Union of Concerned Scientists tries to derail reform of the Endangered Species Act with a letter to Senators.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Energy Policy Myron Ebell and others on why the ESA has failed and needs to be reformed.

4. TRADE

The European Union threatens trade sanctions over government subsidies to U.S. exporters.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Journalism Fellow Timothy Carney on the EU-U.S. war over subsidies for airplane manufacturers.

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