Tech Daily Dose: Tech CEO Council Offers G-20 Advice http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/03/tech-ceo-council-offers-g20-ad.php?rss=1 en Copyright 2010 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:33:10 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tech CEO Council Offers G-20 Advice Technology CEO Council Chairman Mike Splinter has some words of wisdom for President Barack Obama has he heads to the G-20 Summit in London on Thursday -- his first big international gathering since becoming commander in chief. Splinter advised Obama in a weekend letter to urge the other G-20 nations to adopt economic stimulus plans that promote investments in critical national infrastructures, as the U.S. did with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. He also asked Obama to fight for open markets, recommit to a new Doha Round of trade negotiations and fend off protectionism.

"Along with unprecedented challenges, you have an unusual opportunity to help lead the world toward a more secure future. This will not come easy," wrote Splinter, who is CEO of Applied Materials. "The world's political leaders are confronted by severe economic anxieties at home, and these concerns are driving many countries toward protectionist measures... Unchecked, each nation's efforts to close off its own economy and advantage its own domestic industries will harm all nations." Fifty years from now, generations will look back at how the United States responded to the fears and crises of 2009, he wrote, noting: "Whether we react to short-term political pressures or invest in long-term reforms will determine how history judges us."

Read the full letter to Obama after the jump...

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