AI in Latin America is an economic innovation & security story. 🌎💻
Without a governance roadmap, the U.S. & LATAM risk a digital landscape that stifles opportunity and trade.⚖️🚀Join us April 9: “AI Governance in Latin America: The Role of Business” Register and join the livestream: bit.ly/4bPs5p2
CIPE joins @nedemocracy.bsky.social in securing the future through transparent governance. 🏛️
By fostering economic freedom, we’re building a resilient, democratic supply chain for the 21st century. ⚡️
NED President Damon Wilson: 🔗
What makes economies more resilient? Strong institutions. 🏛️
On Feb 27, CIPE launched the Advancing Economic Freedom & Resilience program in #Armenia. This initiative strengthens regional stability—a vital interest for U.S. & local partners. 🇦🇲
The Program: 20 reps | 10 organizations | 800 members
Ukraine’s recovery needs FDI - transparency in capital flows is paramount. 🇺🇦
For the U.S. & Western partners, robust FDI screening is essential to ensure that billions in aid & advanced tech don't fall into the hands of strategic adversaries through "backdoor" acquisitions.
Read: bit.ly/4lfEENs
Latin America is at an #AI crossroads. 🌎
CIPE wrapped the final regional workshop in Santiago to build a roadmap for responsible AI. In the face of autocratic surveillance models, we’re championing a future built on private sector innovation.
Final presentation - Bogotá on April 9! 🚀
CIPE at #ThePacificAgenda Summit: We brought partners from @AmChamCoralSea & the Kiribati, Samoa, and Vanuatu Chambers to ensure local private-sector voices lead the dialogue on regional prosperity. CIPE is turning high-level signaling into concrete outcomes. 📈
Learn more:➡️ bit.ly/4d3w2ao
How do we keep Central Asian markets open for global trade? By turning compliance into a competitive advantage. 📈 As international sanctions evolve, CIPE is in Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic, helping businesses build resilience. Read how we're bridging the policy gap: bit.ly/4apUpxt
In emerging markets, AI isn't just a luxury. CIPE recently hosted industry experts to understand how chambers & associations can approach AI in 2026.
The U.S. interest? Strengthening the digital capacity of our global trade partners. 🇺🇸🤝🌍
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Digital transformation in Latin America offers major opportunities for AI innovation across the private sector. Last week, CIPE convened stakeholders in Bogotá, Colombia, to advance this dialogue and help establish a roadmap for AI governance in Latin America.
🎥 Highlight video: bit.ly/4r9EzvZ
Last year's foreign aid cuts put workers around the world at risk. Find out just how much they have lost via Financial Times 🔗 sclinks.co/4tXpm3D
PRC export controls on Japan are a direct threat to U.S. and Japanese economic security. 🚨🇺🇸🇯🇵
A new brief from CIPE shows how Beijing’s coercion of Tokyo risks creating cascading failures for U.S. semiconductors, data centers, and CT scanners.
🔗 Read the full analysis: bit.ly/4kXoZSz
Is opaque capital compromising Colombia's security? 🇨🇴
A new report from our partner Colombia Risk Analysis reveals why Colombia needs investment screening NOW.
Authoritarian leverage grows when strategic assets are sold to "corrosive capital."
Read the brief: bit.ly/4kQO2GU
#NationalSecurity
How can the 🇺🇸 and 🇦🇺 better synch efforts in the Indo-Pacific? With the region in a state of "permanent contest," we dive into Australia's approach.
Key themes: 🔹 ASEAN as the "front line" of competition 🔹 Navigating the Pacific contest 🔹 Trends in Southeast Asia
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📍 The #B5plus1 Forum wrapped up in Bishkek after two days of public-private dialogue.
More than 300 leaders from the U.S. and Central Asia advanced business-led solutions on critical minerals, trade & investment, e-commerce & IT, transport & logistics, tourism, and finance.
📍 Day Two of the B5+1 Forum in Bishkek concluded with shared priorities to strengthen regional economic integration and attract investment.
Sessions focused on trade & investment, e-commerce & IT, and transport & logistics.
Learn more here: ➡️bit.ly/4cdjoVT
#TBT to CIPE’s origins, when President Reagan announced a bipartisan initiative to support global freedom. As an institute of @NEDemocracy, CIPE’s mission to safeguard economic freedoms endures. Happy birthday, Pres. Reagan! 🎂
Reagan's Speech:➡️bit.ly/4jzjaJI
#Business #EconomicFreedom
📍 Day One of the B5+1 Forum in Bishkek.
Business leaders, policymakers, and experts from the U.S. and Central Asia are advancing public-private dialogue on critical minerals and key sectors including transport & logistics, tourism, and finance.
Learn more here: ➡️bit.ly/4kfszaB
#B5plus1 #C5plus1
⏳ The countdown begins! The B5+1 Forum is starting shortly.
Business leaders, policymakers, & experts from the U.S. & Central Asia are coming together to advance private sector–driven solutions that strengthen regional economic integration & promote economic growth.
▶️ Watch live:
📣 The #B5plus1 Forum heads to Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, on February 4–5, bringing together U.S. and Central Asian business leaders and policymakers to advance private sector–driven solutions for regional economic integration and growth.
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The #B5plus1 Forum heads to Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, on February 4–5, bringing together U.S. and Central Asian business leaders and policymakers to advance private sector–driven solutions for regional economic integration and growth.
▶️ Watch online: bit.ly/4c49upw
💥Egypt’s Digital Transformation!
In 2015, only 10% of Egyptians had bank accounts. Today, 53% of SMEs use digital payments—a market opening for U.S. innovation. By working with Egyptian firms and giants like Visa & Mastercard, CIPE moved the "cashless agenda" to the forefront of Egypt's strategy.
With the Observatory for Private Investment tool created with NED funding, CIPE is helping U.S. companies like Cargill, PepsiCo, & Starbucks navigate complex markets in Colombia.
We’re taking the guesswork out of global markets so U.S. business can invest on a level playing field.➡️
CIPE means business for U.S. companies. 🚢
In Guatemala, we helped implement electronic maritime documentation. The result? ✅ Port capacity up 21% ✅ Processing time down 87% ✅ $500k saved annually for firms like Walmart & Chiquita.
Better trade efficiency = lower costs for American consumers. 📈
CIPE is honored to be recognized by the Addis Ababa Chamber for our work in #Ethiopia! 🇪🇹
By amplifying private sector voices and improving governance, we are advancing U.S. interests in Africa—supporting resilient economies and trusted institutions.🌍cipe.org
#PublicPrivateDialogue #Africa
Global economic security needs the voice of SMEs. 🌍💼
CIPE is proud to advance our Business, Peace & Security (BPS) initiative. Today, CIPE signed an MOU with the U. of Cincinnati's International Peace & Security Initiative to research how SMEs drive democratic recovery in conflict zones.
The ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (#DEFA) is imminent—the first region-wide binding digital governance pact. 🌏🖥️
Our new white paper explores how the #Philippines can lead, focusing on: ✅ MSME support ✅ Responsible AI ✅ Data protection ✅ Closing the skills gap
Roadmap:
How do businesses mitigate rising geopolitical risks? 🌏
Join CIPE & AmChams from #Finland, #Taiwan, & #Japan in Taipei on Jan 13 for a deep dive into economic security and the "whole-of-society" resilience model.
📍 Regent Hotel, Taipei 🕘 10:00 – 11:30
RSVP ➡️ bit.ly/4pn5Eec
As part of @NEDemocracy, CIPE expands opportunity for US firms and their products to export, grow, and truly prosper. More than ever, CIPE and the NED are part of America's investment in a safer and more profitable global market. ➡️
A more prosperous world is a safer one. CIPE strengthens rule of law & economic opportunity globally, directly combating instability & extremism. We level the economic playing field for American businesses to compete worldwide. We deliver security through free markets: ➡️
We must act now: Hidden authoritarian capital is rewriting the rules of global trade. CIPE strongly urges Congress to fully fund @NEDemocracy in the FY26 budget. As a NED institute, CIPE combats the harmful economic and expansionist influences of authoritarian regimes globally.