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dc.contributor.authorWOLFE, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-31T14:39:42Z
dc.date.available2018-05-31T14:39:42Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1028-3625
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/55144
dc.description.abstractIt is a truth universally acknowledged that every ambitious 21st century trade agreement is in want of a chapter on electronic commerce. One of the most politically sensitive and technically challenging issues is personal privacy, including cross-border transfer of information by electronic means, use and location of computing facilities, and personal information protection. States are learning to solve the problem of state responsibility for something that does not respect their borders while still allowing 21st century commerce to develop. A comparison of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) allows us to see the evolution of the issues thought necessary for an e-commerce chapter, since both include Canada, and to see the differing priorities of the U.S. and the EU, since they are each signatory to one of the agreements, but not of the other. I conclude by seeking generalizations about why we see a mix of aspirational and obligatory provisions in free trade agreements. I suggest that the reasons are that governments are learning how to work with each other in a new domain, and learning about the trade implications of these issues.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI RSCASen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2018/27en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Governance Programme-305en
dc.relation.ispartofseries[European, Transnational and Global Governance]en
dc.relation.ispartofseries[Global Economics]en
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectDigital tradeen
dc.subjectElectronic commerceen
dc.subjectTrade agreementsen
dc.subject.otherRegulation and economic policy
dc.subject.otherTrade, investment and international cooperation
dc.titleLearning about digital trade : privacy and e-commerce in CETA and TPPen
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