Dale Medearis states: "National and local leaders tout the importance of lesson learning or commercial ties to global engagement. But there is little understanding and fewer resources within U.S. local governments about how to strategically search for and apply innovative technologies and policies with domestic or local benefits (...) This paper will share observations about the current trends of international work by local governments in the United States and the particular challenges of focusing and clarifying local level benefits."
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