at digital barriers he would not reveal to us who he sold the technology to. of information. who is it that you have demonstrated the technology to —— who have you given it to? let's be very clear i agree with you. i think the test cases should be public. my point is it is not for me to start talking about organisations that use our technology or from others. organisations that use our technology orfrom others. it organisations that use our technology or from others. it is for regulation and those organisations to make it known. the other police force that has been trying that is south wales police. as a result they we re south wales police. as a result they were taken to the high court by a man who was caught on the cameras. just this month, the court found that their use of facial recognition was lawful. that decision is now being appealed. tony is uk surveillance commissioner. he thinks there must be a set of strict standards in place governing how these technologies are used and before there's any formal adoption by police forces. i think there should be a

at digital barriers, zach would not reveal to us exactly who he has sold this technology to. demonstrated the technology to me, but who is it that is using it? that is what they want to know? why won't you tell us that? let's be very clear. i agree with you. i think that the use cases of the technology should be transparent, we have said that very publicly, but is not for me, my point is, to start talking about organisations that use our technology or technology from others. it is for regulation and those organisations themselves to make it known. the other police force that has been trialling this technology is south wales police. as a result, they were taken to the high court over it by a man who was caught on the cameras. butjust this month, the court found that their use of facial recognition was lawful. that decision is now being appealed. tony porter is the uk's surveillance commissioner. he thinks there must be a set of strict standards in place governing how this technology is used before it's uptake spreads and there is any formal adoption by police forces. i think t

digital barriers mainly supplies law enforcement organisations worldwide. the counterterrorism business and i know there are five individuals that want to do harm on a massive scale to the public. would you have public support to use facial recognition to try to intercept that group of individuals before they can do harm? i would suggest almost categorically you would. i'll give you the opposite example. an individual has been kicked out of the pub, the pub has taken a photo of that individual. should that individual then be prevented from getting into that establishment and other establishments because of that incident? i think you'll have very little public concern for that example. unfortunately there's no clarity or regulation that governs either use case. tony porter is the uk's surveillance camera commissioner. he thinks there must be a set of strict standards in place governing how this technology's used before it spreads and has any formal adoption by police forces. i think there should be a single standard that incorporates the type of equipment, s

released by the white house trump said that he intends to enter into the agreement on tariff barriers and digital trade in the coming weeks the letter does not mention tariffs on cars and parts for a while a major sticking point between the 2 countries. well if there is one thing president trump hates it is a trade deficit and the u.s. has a significant one with japan last year it was $58000000000.00 that was america's 4th largest behind china mexico and germany mostly because of the amount of japanese cars americans by the president says the new trade deal must address that imbalance as for the japanese well they are very keen to protect their car exports to the u.s. at one point president trump threatened to introduce a 25 percent tariff on japanese cars a key reason for japan joining the trade talks was to avoid that happening tokyo has existed a promise not to high concepts must be in the deal but at what cost to japan that's a question i want to discuss with michael penn he's the chief of the gets a news agency michael welcome how is japan going to pay for for that promise they want from the

tends to enter into the agreement on tariff barriers and digital trade in the coming weeks the letter does not mention tariffs on cars parts for. a major sticking point between the 2 countries. well if there is one thing president trump hates it is a trade deficit and the u.s. has a significant one with japan last year it was 58000000000.

congress released by the white house trump said to enter into the agreement on tariff barriers and digital trade in the coming weeks the letter does not mention tariffs on cars and parts for a while a major sticking point between the 2 countries. well if there is one thing president trump hates it is a trade deficit and the u.s. has a significant one with japan last year it was $58000000000.00 that was america's 4th largest behind china mexico and germany mostly because of the amount of japanese cars.

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they have been really receptive trade discussions, the message we got if you see a barrier a digital identity please let us know, marshall who is assistant secretary in the financing the treasury announced they're working with industry to help bring together leaders in innovators together. i continue to ask members, are we running into things with the intersection of identity in financial services? in the biggest answer we get, sometimes there's a regulation of ambiguity and intern to move forward. i think we need a little more effort, we talked about the omb memo. i think we need more of a formal governmentwide initiative candy by the white house to look at how to bring agencies together with industries how to take this to the next steps and more work needs to be done in the framework of standards with a foundation in place in agencies can benefit from a center of excellence that can help social security administration is developing against other agencies to do that will need technical help. zeus steps around the edges to helping the problem. >> i want to thank everybody for their t

they have been receptive to discussions with us, you have seen a barrier for digital identity innovation please let us know, marshall billingsly who i think is assistant secretary, financing the treasury announced that treasury was to be working to bring regulators and innovators together. i continue to ask regulars every month are we running into things precluding innovations particularly with financial services, i think the biggest answer be get is sometimes there is ambiguity in the clients people, we need a little more effort, talking about the omb memo which is a nice start, office of management and budget and getting ignored. we need a formal governmentwide initiative, figuring out how to take this to the next step. i think more work needs to be done at my old agency., standards to put a foundation in place, and i think agencies can benefit from a center of excellence in government is all that can actually help the security administration right now with validation service, congress told to do so last year. with me they will need technical help. little steps around the edges that ca

people to connect, discover, communicate, and share, are emerging all the time because barriers to entry for digital platforms are low. launching a new mobile app or online service often requires minimal staff, capital, and infrastructure, and the rise of cloud computing and app stores enables these platforms to reach a global audience. consumers move easily between different apps and services. if they don't enjoy a product or experience, they'll leave it and explore other options. we face intense competition for all of the products and services that we provide. to name a few examples, twitter, snapchat, imessage, skype, telegram, google, youtube, and amazon, offer photo and video sharing, messaging, advertising, and other services that compete with facebook. in fact, more than 92% of advertising happens off of facebook. and less than a quarter of u.s. online ad spend goes to facebook. and our competition isn't just here in america. we compete with companies from all around the world. tiktok, for example, a chinese app, launched less than three years ago, has been downloaded more than a billion time

barriers in the coming weeks. the president also said he will be entering into an exclusive agreement with japan on digital trade.er requires a congressional vote under the so-called fast-track approval process. >>> meantime the ceo of seaworld entertainment has stepped down after less than a year on the job. yesterday gus antorcha resigned his position as ceo as well as his position on the board of directors. in a statement he said he still believes in seaworld's mission even though he may have, quote, a difference of approach. he became head of seaworld in february. >>> netflix is paying a lot of money for a show famously described as "about nothing." the company struck a deal with sony pictures for a globalea to netflix paid well above the speculated $500 million. nbcuniversal's streaming service paid to take "the office" away from netflix. netflix also lost "friends" to the upcoming hbo max service. >>> if you want to book a room, how about the world space hotel. it will rotate in space. it's a cruise ship-style hotel that will look like space. the gateway foundation released plans for the von brawn station.

security of digital infrastructure washington has been warning its allies not to use equipment from china as well way. when the oil spill is at sea the clean up usually involves oil booms floating barriers intended to contain the slick from spreading but that doesn't always work especially in high seas and bad weather now researchers have come up with a new idea. the sinking of the freighter ground america after camp fire off the atlantic coast of france in march was an environmental disaster heavy oil leaked and due to bad weather it was only possible to contain part of the kilometer long slick. following accidents like this hold their own but how and from tracing technical university and his team decided to look for ways to make oil spills harmless. so-called oil booms only work during good weather during rough seas the oil splashes over the booms. and in the top end think we've developed a method to absorb oil oil binders can be deployed by plane or helicopter even in bad weather they can then be used to absorb the oil so the oil binders are made of absorbent wood fiber the procedure was developed in cooperation with researchers from the university is of rostock and leipsic and it's

important new commitments in areas such as customs, digital trade, intellectual property, labor, environment, currency, and nontariff trade barriers. these updates and upgrades will translate into higher wages, greater productivity, and consequently more jobs for americans. in fact, the independent u.s. international trade commission found that usmca will create nearly 176,000 new american jobs while adding more than $68 billion to america's g.d.p. let's not forget -- usmca was a hard-fought negotiation. for mexico, two presidents worked across opposing administrations to get this job done. canada initially held out of the agreement altogether, only to sign on at the last possible opportunity. now, it's easy for members of congress to talk about how we would have negotiated the agreement differently. there's some talk like that going on. and that would be true whether you're republican or whether you're a democrat. however, as the u.s. international trade commission report made very clear, usmca is a major advance from that 25-year-old nafta agreement. this is certainly true for labor and environment, which were mere side agreemen

barriers to foreign competition. roadlly, the belt and initiative to build infrastructure and trade relationships heavily weighed in china's interest. accompanying this has been a digital initiative. the goal is not simply to promote chinese vendors, but to seed the global telecom market with equipment and services can ultimately be exploited by chinese security services. the truth is. , the chinese communist party is attempting to harness chinese companies, civil society, and even overseas diasporas as an extension of the state. these efforts are frankly neither hidden or frankly, very subtle. over the past two years, china enacted laws requiring all citizens and companies to act in support of national security as defined by the chinese government. despite protests to the contrary, no chinese company, however global, is actually private. these companies don't make decisions entirely for economic or commercial reasons because to acte legally required as an extension of the chinese communist party when called upon. this leads to the fourth aspect of china's efforts to reshape the international order, the science and technology policy. have seenagain, we u.s. companies f

we're very excited about japan finally lowering barriers on beef, pork and poultry also i think the new u.s./japan agreement could be a gold standard for digitalsic, what have you between our two nations. and i actually think the agreement will have the happy effect of putting us now in lockstep with japan to try to get better trade terms with china. as we put more and more of these trade deals to bed, couple years ago with south korea, now it's japan. hopefully later this year it will be mexico and canada. that brings our focus more intensely on china which really is the worst culprit in the international trading system >> let's keep talking about trade. through the prism of what we've seen in the last couple of days, in your view, the latest salvo in the, you know, getting rid of trump, latest salvo is based on ukraine, does that make it more or less likely that he decides to do a trade deal with china? >> i don't know if it makes it more or less likely he's going to do a trade deal with china given what the house democrats are doing. what the president wants to do is get a good deal for american workers, farmers, ranchers with china. china

barriers with japan under section 105-a of the act. in addition, i also will be entering into an executive agreement with japan regarding digital trade. my administration looks forward to the continued collaboration with the congress on further negotiation was japan to achieve a comprehensive trade agreement that results in a more fair and reciprocal trade between the united states and japan. signed, sincerely, donald j. trump, the white house, september 16, 2019. the speaker pro tempore: this is referred to the committee on ways and means and ordered printed. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on september 17, 2019, at 11:25 a.m. that the senate agreed to, senate concurrent resolution 25. signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 4:00 p.m. today. >> in the