If ever we need evidence of ideology run rampant, the House vote to eliminate the annual American Community Survey and the Economic Census to provide basic information on the state of businesses and industries in the country and data used for generating quarterly gross domestic product estimates is exhibit A.

At this event, think tank, government, and industry experts will offer their thoughts on how best to reform the export control system so that it can more effectively protect U.S. national security and economic interests.

Following a keynote address by Representative Donald A. Manzullo, panelists examined the Obama administration's plan to reshape the U.S. export-control system.

The general economic "health" of the U.S. manufacturing sector has re-emerged in a Presidential election year. In his 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama announced to Americans "that we have a huge opportunity, at this moment to bring manufacturing back," promising manufacturers special tax reductions and other federal...

How can we reform the legal framework of the U.S. export control system?

In 2008 Barack Obama was propelled into office largely by a financial crisis. The main difference between then and now will be that this crisis did not originate in the US, but in Europe. And it will be one over which President Obama has no control.

The Japanese military is emerging from decades of pacifism. But do the country's political leaders have the vision and the will to make the country strong again?

The U.S. is not immune to lethal failings in the quality of pharmaceutical drugs. With little realistic oversight, and more importantly, little ethos of business integrity in China, a major tragedy in the U.S. from a Chinese export is likely in the near future.