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Reuters television interviewed Dr. Stern regarding the Presidential campaign debate over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Watch the interview online here.

Paula Stern presided at the Council on Foreign Relations public meeting February 13, 2008 on high oil prices. She was moderator of the discussion on "Global Economic Trends: $100 Per Barrel Oil: Consequences for U.S. National Security", which featured speakers Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Edward L. Morse, Managing Director and Chieft Energy Economist, Lehman Brothers; and Philip D. Zelikow, White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia. Read the transcript here.

The National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) released its Winter 2008 Report from Washington, DC prepared by The Stern Group, Inc. Click here to read the report.

On January 28, 2008, Dr. Stern was a panelist on ATN Production's "American Dream," which focused on the US Presidential Elections. Click here to see the program.

On January 16, 2008, Dr. Stern discussed the US economy in an interview broadcast on Wxim radio.

The November/December 2007 issue of Corporate Board Member magazine quotes Dr. Stern. The feature story, "Directors to Lobbyists: Stop Picking Our Pockets" by Craig Mellow, discusses political activity surrounding Presidential review of the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision in a patent dispute brought by chipmaker Broadcom. Read the text of the article online.

On November 2-4, 2007, Dr. Stern participated in the Annual Portofino Conference in Italy which brought together Members of the United States Congress and Members of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and Italy for high-level discussions on economic and political global challenges.

On November 2, 2007, US News & World Report quoted Paul A. London, The Stern Group Chief Economist, in an article entitled, "America's Amazing Long Boom Turns 25." Read the article online here.

On October 31, 2007, James Pethokoukis quoted Dr. Paul A. London in the US News & World Report. The article is entitled, "The Long Boom: An Amazing Economic Expansion Turns 25." Read the article online here.

Dr. Stern was a key player on a small team that took on a much larger one and persuaded the White House to sustain the June 2007 ITC decision protecting an important patent owned by Broadcom from infringement by Qualcomm. The David-over-Goliath victory was described in the "In the Loop" column of the Washington Post on September 11, 2007 by Jeffrey Birnbaum. Read the column here.

On September 11, 2007, Paul A. London appeared on "Squeeze Play," a report on The Canadian Business News Network, discussing Ben Bernanke's concerns about trade imbalances and inflation in China.

On August 2, 2007, Dr. Stern and Dr. Robert Goldberg co-authored an Op-Ed regarding patent rights enforcement that was published in the Investor's Business Daily. Read the article.

On July 20, 2007, Dr. Stern was interviewed by China Central Television (CCTV) regarding patent rights enforcement.

On May 25, 2007, the BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal noted Dr. Stern's thoughts on the importance of the ITC's decision in In re: Cetain Ink Cartridges (INV. 337-TA-565). Dr. Stern discussed the implications of the US Supreme Court's decision on KSR INTERNATIONAL CO. v TELEFLEX INC. on U.S. trade law and international trade obligations, U.S. competitiveness, and U.S.-China intellectual property relations. Read the article here.

On April 21, 2007, Dr. Stern spoke at Goucher College about U.S. international trade policy from the perspective of her work in Washington, D.C. She discussed the immediate challenge of maintaining US commercial competitiveness and economic influence during the period of dormancy of the World Trade Organization’s Doha Development Round of Multilateral Trade Talks. The challenge is dramatically complicated by the geostrategic vulnerabilities of a nation lead by a lame duck president directing US resources into an unpopular war in the Middle East.

On March 21, 2007, Dr. Stern served as a witness for the complainant in an ITC action involving the rights to 3G cellular telephone technology In the Matter of: Certain Baseband Processor Chips And Chipsets, Transmitter And Receiver (Radio) Chips, Power Control Chips, And Products Containing Same, Including Cellular Telephone Handsets.

Dr. Stern commented on recent changes at Avon in the March 12, 2007 edition of Business Week. You can read the article by following this link: Avon: More Than Cosmetic Changes.

On January 15, 2007, Dr. Stern and Dr. London spoke before the U.K. House of Commons about the recent U.S. Congressional mid-term elections and the implications of their results for U.S. trade policy and the war in Iraq.

On January 11 and 12, 2007, Dr. Stern attended a meeting of the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) in Paris, France. Dr. Stern is a member of the GSI High-Level Advisory Group.