The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. ENERGY

The House of Representatives votes to authorize oil exploration in the Alaskan arctic.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Director of Global Warming Policy Myron Ebell on the importance of the nation’s domestic energy resources.

2. TRADE

Delegates to the World Trade Organization vote to lift agricultural subsidies.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Adjunct Analyst Fran Smith on how farm protectionism is often a sticking point in trade negotiations .

3. TELECOM

HBO announces a deal to stream its shows over Cingular’s wireless phones.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President Clyde Wayne Crews on how emerging technologies are making the FCC’s regulations redundant.

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