News & Updates

The Council on Competitiveness is pleased to announce that Sundar Raman, Chief Executive Officer of Fabric & Home Care and P&G Ventures at Procter & Gamble, has joined its Board as Business Vice Chair. In this dual capacity, Mr. Raman leads P&G’s largest business sector—home to iconic brands like Tide, Downy, and Swiffer—while also heading […]

Dear Council on Competitiveness Community, One quarter through our 40th anniversary year, and the imperative to focus and act on the future of U.S. competitiveness has never been greater. This time next month, we will have a major update on our Board’s first meeting in 2026 – during which they, along with our Executive Committee […]

The Clarion Call, and partner infographic, is issued by the Council on Competitiveness to identify critical global economic transformations and put forth a set of recommendations for policymakers that would strengthen the United States’ economic foundation and allow for long-term, sustained growth.

The Clarion Call, and partner infographic, is issued by the Council on Competitiveness to identify critical global economic transformations and put forth a set of recommendations for policymakers that would strengthen the United States’ economic foundation and allow for long-term, sustained growth.

Forty years ago, the United States faced a competitiveness crisis. But our fast and decisive moves to harness a technological discontinuity — the Internet — changed our productivity and prosperity trajectory. Today, the stakes are as high — if not higher. Multiple technology revolutions emerging and converging at unprecedented speed — coupled with China’s economic […]

Dear Council on Competitiveness Community, As we move deeper into 2026 — a milestone 40th year for the Council and as our nation approaches its 250th anniversary — the intensity of our agenda and activity is accelerating. In the weeks ahead, the Council will convene two major editions of the Competitiveness Conversations Across America series […]

According to Apollo Global Management* and others — like Bridgewater —hyperscalers (Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Google) are poised to invest over $600 billion in capital expenditures in 2026. This level of investment is approaching 2 percent of U.S. gross domestic product —with the investment’s share of GDP more than doubling since 2023 (and growing […]

The United States is on the cusp of a new economic frontier: the bioeconomy — a rapidly expanding, technology-driven sector that will reshape agriculture, energy, materials, and manufacturing while strengthening supply chains and national security. Already valued at more than $4 trillion globally and projected to grow dramatically over the next two decades, the bioeconomy […]

The stakes for U.S. productivity and economic growth, security, and prosperity have never been higher. In her January Forbes.com article, the Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith provides guideposts, drawing on insights from the Council on Competitiveness’ 2025 NCF — which convened more than 200 leaders from business, academia, labor, national laboratories, and government. Six lessons on […]

Dear Council on Competitiveness Community, This past year’s National Competitiveness Forum was consequential for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, we welcomed our new Council Chair, Erik Fyrwald, CEO of IFF. Erik’s experience leading a research-driven, innovation-intensive enterprise comes at a pivotal moment for the Council — one that demands ambition, insight, and sustained […]