The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. HEALTH AND SAFETY

The President’s $7.1 billion plan to fight a possible avian flu pandemic gets critiqued on Capitol Hill.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Adjunct Analyst Steven Milloy on the flaws in the President’s plan.

2. TRADE

Delegates and protestors from around the world converge on the city Mar del Plata, Argentina for negotiations over the Free Trade Area of the Americas.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Fellow Fran Smith on the similar fight over the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

3. TELECOM

The Federal Communications Commission announces its intention to expand competition in the market for TV, entertainment and other video services.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Technology Counsel Braden Cox on the potentially historic importance of this move toward deregulation.

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