On Wednesday, 13 trade groups from Silicon Valley issued an open letter, urging the next US president to show support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Reuters reports. The groups represent key industry leaders like Apple, Google, Facebook, Uber, and Amazon, as well as other lesser-known tech players, who hope the trade agreement will lower barriers to hiring high-tech workers from abroad.
The TPP reduces barriers to trade
In the letter, the groups encourage the presidential candidates to advance "ambitious initiatives to reduce barriers to trade in digital and other goods and services, including obtaining authorization of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement." The TPP agreement, which was signed in February but still...
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