Vision - November/December 2007 - (Page 2) Shapiro’S Spectrum on the consumer electronics horizon I Trading Views n late summer, with increasing attacks on free trade, CEA’s Executive Board provided special funds to launch a multi-faceted campaign focusing policymakers on the benefits of free trade. This decision matters. Our industry relies on free trade. We have prospered with decades of policy embracing trade. And while some may point to the shift of American companies and brands like Fisher, RCA and Zenith to foreign ownership, the truth is that these brands are still sold here and their parent companies employ and rely on Americans. More, other American hardware companies, like Apple, Cisco, HP, Motorola and Slingbox, search companies like Google and Yahoo, and Internet November/December 2007 “CEA’s challenge is to convince policymakers that a strong and free country benefits from free trade.” retailers like Amazon and eBay, are making America the world leader in this new economy. Threatening this American lead with attacks on free trade is nonsensical. But Chinese environmental woes, worker conditions and dangerous toys, toothpaste and tires, have raised calls for putting up new trade barriers on China. Meanwhile, unions buoyed by a Democratic Congress and a contested Presidential campaign, have attacked free trade agreements and told legislators that trade is a “scorecard” issue. Few legislators will defend free trade. Tech industry successes are appreciated but the linkage with free trade is not. CEA’s 2,100 members help create some two million American jobs. Eighty percent of CEA’s member companies are small businesses with less than $30 million in revenue, the engine of U.S. economic growth. Most CEA members rely on imports of components or products. Many export U.S. made products, buoyed by the weak U.S. dollar. CEA’s challenge is to convince policymakers that a strong and free country benefits from free trade. We will place editorials, run ads and use other PR tools, but we need your help. Write your Congressman, ask your employees to do the same, learn about the CEA PAC and visit the free trade booth at the International CES. • www.ce.org 2 Suk-Heui Park/Getty Images http://www.ce.org
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