CED Biannual Trustee Policy Summit: Spring 2025 - Relevant CED Readings

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Session: Congress’ Role in Advancing American Leadership in AI

• Solutions Brief: Principles for AI Guardrails in the US: Safety, Security, and Innovation
• Policy Backgrounder: Future of AI Policy: Insights from Stakeholder Input
• Policy Backgrounder: The Future of the CHIPS and Science Act
• Policy Alert: State and Federal Governments Move to Ban DeepSeek on Government Devices
• Policy Backgrounder: The EU AI Act and the Shifting Global AI Policy Landscape

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Session: US Economic Outlook

• Policy Backgrounder: The Tariff Rulings: Implications and Next Steps
• Policy Backgrounder: US Tariff Shift: Key Implications and Considerations
• Policy Alert: Forthcoming Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals
• Policy Alert: Forthcoming Tariffs on Semiconductors and Related Products
• ESF Brief: Reciprocal Tariffs Will Weaken US and Global Economies
• Policy Backgrounder: New US Policy Affects Inbound, Outbound Investment

Session: Higher Education and the U.S. Economy

• Solutions Brief: Postsecondary Pathways for the Workforce of Tomorrow
• Policy Backgrounder: Higher Education in Focus: Recent Federal Scrutiny Explained
• Policy Backgrounder: National Assessment of Educational Progress 2024 Results
• Policy Backgrounder: A Brief History of the US Department of Education
• Policy Alert: April Executive Orders Impacting Higher Education
• ESF Brief: US Higher Education Delivers Huge Economic Benefits. Will Politics Endanger it?
• Policy Alert: Education Department Conditions K-12 Federal Funding on Ending DEI Programs
• Policy Alert: Executive Order to Dismantle the US Department of Education

Session: The US & the World: Top National Security Challenges

• Policy Backgrounder: US Tariff Shift: Key Implications and Considerations
• Policy Backgrounder: US Spring Plantings Respond to Tariffs and Geopolitical Risk
• Policy Backgrounder: China, Taiwan, Japan, and the New Administration
• Policy Backgrounder: Immigration: Early Actions of the Administration
• Policy Backgrounder: The Panama Canal and US Foreign Policy

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Session: Congressional and Political Landscape Outlook

• Solutions Brief: America in Perspective: Policy Priorities for 2025
• Policy Backgrounder: The Next One Hundred Days – and Beyond: What Lies Ahead
• Policy Backgrounder: House Passes Reconciliation Bill and Senate Next Steps
• Policy Backgrounder: The Types of Presidential Actions
• Policy Backgrounder: Universal Injunctions’ Uncertain Future

Session: Future of US and UK Relations, NATO, and European Security

• Policy Backgrounder: Analyzing the US-Ukraine Minerals Deal
• Policy Backgrounder: US-Ukraine Negotiations and Possible Ceasefire
• Policy Backgrounder: Three Years of War in Ukraine – and an Extraordinary Week
• Policy Backgrounder: Greenland

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Session: Global Economic Outlook

• Policy Backgrounder: US Tariff Shift: Key Implications and Considerations
• ESF Brief: The US-China Trade War Escalates
• Essay: US Reciprocal Tariffs: First Look at What They Mean for the EU and Member States
• ESF Brief: Reciprocal Tariffs Will Weaken US and Global Economies
• ESF Brief: The EU's Retaliatory Tariffs Will Hit Beef, Bourbon and More
• ESF Brief: Impact of Tariffs on Three Largest US Trading Partners

Session: Private Sector Responses to DEI Policy Changes

• Policy Backgrounder: Women in STEM: Closing the Gender Gap
• Essay: Executive Order on HR Meritocracy: Implications for Business
• Quick Take: Employee Engagement During Upheaval
• Policy Alert: Education Department Conditions K-12 Federal Funding on Ending DEI Programs
• Article: A Tale of Two Continents: The Impact of US DEI Policy on European Businesses
• Essay: Understanding and Managing Legal Risk in Corporate DEI

Session: The US Economic and Fiscal Outlook

• Solutions Brief: Reforming the Broken Federal Budget Process
• Solutions Brief: Modernizing Health Programs for Fiscal Sustainability and Quality
• Solutions Brief: Saving Social Security
• Explainer: US National Debt
• Explainer: Social Security
• Explainer: Medicare
• Explainer: Medicaid
• Policy Backgrounder: Congress Agrees to Budget Resolution to Unlock Reconciliation
• Policy Backgrounder: The Administration’s View on Impoundment
• Policy Backgrounder: National Debt & Trade Wars Top of Mind for C-Suite in 2025
• Policy Backgrounder: FY2025 Federal Budget Continuing Resolution
• Policy Backgrounder: Federal Disaster Relief Funding After Helene and Milton
• Policy Backgrounder: The Presidential Candidates’ Fiscal Policies
• Policy Backgrounder: Health Care Policy Update
• Policy Backgrounder: National Security Supplemental Funding
• Policy Backgrounder: 2024 Farm Bill: Prospects for Passage
• Policy Backgrounder: Congressional Fiscal Commission Proposal

Session: Future-Proofing the American Workforce: AI, Education, and Solving Labor Market Mismatches

• Solutions Brief: Postsecondary Pathways for the Workforce of Tomorrow
• Solutions Brief: Future-Proofing the Workforce for the AI Era
• Policy Backgrounder: Federal Workforce Reductions – Potential Impacts
• Policy Backgrounder: Women in STEM: Closing the Gender Gap
• Policy Alert: Executive Orders to Strengthen the Current and Future Workforce

Session: Financial Services Deregulation

• Solutions Brief: The Future of Administrative Law
• Policy Backgrounder: Showerheads—and the Future of Regulation
• Policy Backgrounder: The US Crypto Reserve and Other Developments
• Policy Backgrounder: Current Efforts to Redefine Control of the Administrative State
• Policy Backgrounder: The EU AI Act and the Shifting Global AI Policy Landscape
• Policy Backgrounder: DOGE Access to Federal Payment Systems
• Policy Backgrounder: Regulation: Early Actions of the Administration
• Policy Backgrounder: Cryptocurrencies: Moving Towards Regulation?

Session: Current Issues in U.S. Health Policy

• Solutions Brief: Modernizing Health Programs for Fiscal Sustainability and Quality
• Explainer: Medicare
• Explainer: Medicaid
• Policy Backgrounder: Key Conclusions of the Make America Healthy Commission Report
• Policy Backgrounder: Bird Flu: A New Strategy to Mitigate the Spread of H5N1