Sentences with phrase «state economic competitiveness»
Used by state lawmakers across America since 2008, Rich States, Poor States: ALEC - Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, is authored by White House Advisor and economist Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, White House Advisor and Economist Stephen Moore, and Jonathan Williams, Vice President of the American Legislative Exchange Council Center for State Fiscal Reform.
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A key theme in this year's presidential race is competitiveness of American industry, though candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders tend to use more colorful language when describing their belief that the United States has lost its economic edge.
This is based on a simple economic model that states not all production (financial services in this case) will relocate to the large economy (the EU) as the small economy (UK) is able make up for its lack of competitiveness by having a weaker currency.
A thorough analysis of the region's economic competitiveness among other states and regions focused on the tenets of an «Innovation Economy.»
By John Manley The Canadian Council of Chief Executives has supported efforts by successive Canadian governments to build on our historic defence and economic partnership with the United States and to improve our mutual security and competitiveness.
Although China's dynamic and diverse private sector is the primary driver of the country's economic growth, Beijing sees the importance of strengthening the competitiveness and productivity of its state - owned companies.
The Association specifically stated how ESOPs are in accord with the seven principles outlined by Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R - UT) for comprehensive tax reform — Economic Growth, Fairness, Simplicity, Permanence, Competitiveness, Promoting Savings and Investments, and Revenue Neutrality.
«After decades of doubting China's innovation potential, the United States now fears the rapid pace of China's technological catchup, and sees Chinese technology as a major (perhaps even existential) threat to US economic competitiveness,» Matt Sheehan, a fellow at the Paulson Institute, wrote in a blog post last month.
«The significant restructuring of the corporate franchise tax, broad - based business tax rate reductions, and expedited business relief from the Section 18 - a energy assessment will also improve the state's economic competitiveness and help the economy grow.
Testimony to Joint Senate and Assembly Hearing Executive Budget / Economic Development Issues, State Economic Climate and Business Competitiveness (Verbal remarks) February 3, 2009
«The federal tax plan is a devastating and targeted attack on New Yorkers that threatens the economic competitiveness of our state,» Cuomo said.
«Not just to not have to play defense, but to work proactively with members of the legislature and the governor's office to reduce that tax burden, to try to reclaim some measure of economic competitiveness in New York State and put people back to work.»
We urge the state legislature to adopt its general parameters, while addressing the issues highlighted above that will help improve the state's overall economic competitiveness.
«The government has decided not to proceed with a per - plane tax in order to ensure greater stability and protect competitiveness at a time of economic uncertainty,» the Treasury states.
The comptroller's first - blush analysis focused heavily on how the Trump proposal could affect New York's (mainly downstate) six - figure middle class — but virtually ignored the plan's broader implications for the state's finances and economic competitiveness.
The council believes raising the fast food minimum wage won't necessarily combat poverty and could hurt the state's overall economic competitiveness by imposing «significant new costs on employers.»
The pledge mirrors many elements of Cohen's platform, calling on candidates for state Legislature to commit to fundamental reforms necessary to return the state to financial stability and economic competitiveness.
It is the objective that each initiative associated with that environment will advance the educational and research mission of SUNY Polytechnic Institute through the enhancement of research opportunities for faculty, students and staff; to promote the economic development and competitiveness of New York State by encouraging and facilitating the transfer of technology resources to the marketplace; and to enhance the ability of SUNY Polytechnic Institute to attract public and private funds to further research and technology development.
The United States needs to retool the technological, economic, political, social and industrial structures that support the nation's manufacturing and other legacy sectors to open them to innovation and boost U.S. competitiveness, said two experts during a presentation at AAAS» headquarters.
The section was part of a bill that would create education programs to improve the United States» economic competitiveness.
He cites as evidence the fact that a nation's place on the Current Competitiveness Index developed by the World Economic Forum is not perfectly correlated with the TIMSS results, and the United States ranks high on the index.
Articulated career pathways assure every young person a real chance at economic opportunity while also boosting the competitiveness of the United States.»
That lesson from No Child Left Behind, combined with the continued concern about America's economic competitiveness, set the stage for the current Common Core Standards Initiative — an initiative by state leaders now convinced that individual state silos are not the way to go when it comes to setting standards.
Citing the state's economic competitiveness, Gov. Maggie Hassan vetoed a bill that would prohibit the Department of Education or the state Board of Education from implementing Common Core standards in any school in the state.
Among those failings were the poor quality of content standards and assessments and the variability in content expectations and proficiency targets across states, as well as concerns related to the economic competitiveness of the nation's future workforce.
The urgency of the state's need to improve its national and global economic competitiveness has meant an intense focus on STEM education.
We will support state polices that increase economic competitiveness, support middle - class job growth, and develop a workforce of the future.
In addition, we will support projects that identify state policies to increase economic competitiveness through a combination of economic and workforce development, and help advance research and advocacy for state policies to create a modernized safety net in response to a rapidly changing labor market.
Over time, the United States» public education system has evolved from a fundamentally locally - driven enterprise to one that reflects broader goals of ensuring equality of opportunity for individuals and the country's global economic competitiveness.
Pennsylvania provides far less state support (36 %) than the national average (50 %) or any of our surrounding states, placing our economic competitiveness in jeopardy.
Develops designs for more economically efficient transportation programs and policies as it relates to FASTLANE grants, to generate national or regional economic benefits and an increase in the global economic competitiveness of the United States.
We serve as the Departmental focal point for initiatives related to achieving Departmental strategic goals regarding safety, state of good repair, economic competitiveness, quality of life in communities, and environmental sustainability.
The TIGER discretionary grant program is a DOT program that invests in innovative surfacetransportation projects, including multimodal and multi-jurisdictional projects, which willhave a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region: road, rail, transit, and port projects that promise to achieve critical national objectives (e.g., safety, state ofgood repair, economic competitiveness, livability, sustainability).
To view DOT performance across an array of safety, state of good repair, economic competitiveness, quality of life, environmental sustainability, national security preparedness, and organizational excellence measures, refer to the current DOT Performance Summary tables.
Partnerships between states and railroads are central to the Obama Administration's vision for a national high - speed rail program, which will allow America to win the future by creating construction and manufacturing jobs here in the U.S., while promoting future economic growth and global competitiveness.
RFF research has informed the design of a number of these policies and RFF experts are continuing to look at how states and regions design climate initiatives, manage issues such as emissions leakage and competitiveness concerns, and balance economic and environmental goals.
This stated that measures which would have net adverse economic impacts nationally or on Australia's trade competitiveness would not be implemented in the absence of similar action by major greenhouse gas producing nations.
The US will be sending a «much smaller» delegation than in the past, according to an unnamed State Department official, quoted by the Chicago Tribune, and it will be focused on ensuring that no decisions are made in Bonn «that would prejudice our future policy,» undermine competitiveness for American businesses or restrict US economic growth.»
«On a more positive note, there are some things that Trump doesn't have so much control over, such as state legislation in California, or economic competitiveness of renewables, that could lead to mitigation in the absence of direction from the president,» Jeffery says.
ATRA is committed to working with state and local leaders to improve national competitiveness by removing the excessive barriers our civil justice system poses to economic developments and job creation.
«The PTO has an important role to play in fostering an economic environment that promotes American innovation and global competitiveness, spurs new product development and creates jobs here in the United States.