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eBay would like to thank the following Members of Congress that recently demonstrated their continued support for small Internet-enabled businesses by voting in favor of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation.

During a speech this week from the Senate floor, ecommerce champion Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) spoke out against the Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA).

Yesterday, Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT/3) introduced the Remote Transactions Parity Act, legislation that would impose burdensome remote sales tax collection and remittance requirements on Internet-enabled small businesses.

Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives passed the permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) by a voice vote.

Yesterday the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law held a hearing on state nexus and taxation issues.

Maria Gabriella and Vincenzo’s story inspires me. Through wanting to build a business they could work together on, combining Maria Gabriella’s language and Vincenzo’s computer skills, Prodotti Tipici was born.

Globally, there are now more connected devices than the number of people in the world. Yet this connectivity is not equal throughout the world.

This week eBay’s report: Commerce 3.0: Enabling ASEAN Small and Medium Enterprises, developed by the eBay Global Public Policy Lab, was launched by U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN, Nina Hachigian, and Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, YAB Tan Sri Dato’ Muhyiddin Yassin.

Yesterday, eBay Global Public Policy Lab Executive Director Brian Bieron testified before the House Small Business committee’s hearing titled, “Across Town, Across Oceans: Expanding the Role of Small Business in Global Commerce.”

As part of eBay’s ongoing efforts to support World Trade Month, last week eBay CEO Designee Devin Wenig and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker co-authored an opinion piece entitled “The rise of the micro-multinational, and why it matters to the U.S. economy”.