Though the project could produce thousands of jobs, the pipeline would stretch across private property and sensitive aquifers.

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Our digital infrastructure has already suffered intrusions that have allowed criminals to steal hundreds of millions of dollars and nation-states and other entities to steal intellectual property and sensitive military information.

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Commercial property is very sensitive to economic conditions and would suffer if this scenario took place.

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The prime beneficiaries will be rate-sensitive companies like banks and property developers, exporters that can use savings from lower overheads to price their products competitively, and labor-intensive companies.

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Yes, intellectual property rights have become a sensitive issue in the age of instantaneous digital distribution, and rightly so.

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Property taxes are also unpopular because they are sensitive to trends in the market, making them often unreliable.

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Foreign governments can also leverage their ownership in a way that allows them access to sensitive technology which has the potential to highlight vulnerabilities within the information infrastructure and intellectual property of the United States.

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