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Today, President Obama signed the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill after weeks of sometimes contentious debate.

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) spoke on the Senate floor against efforts to pair the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) or the Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA) with a permanent extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA).

Last week, Tod Cohen, VP & General Counsel for eBay Global Government Relations and a delegation from eBay met with Ms. Shang Yuying, Director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce.

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.