Date: 2021
Type: Working Paper
Digital trade and the WTO : negotiation priorities for cross-border data flows and online trade in services
Working Paper, Jean Monnet TIISA Network Working Paper, 2021/11, [Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics]
DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Jane, GARI, Gabriel, HARBINSON, Stuart, HOEKMAN, Bernard M., NORDÅS, Hildegunn Kyvik, STEPHENSON, Sherry, Digital trade and the WTO : negotiation priorities for cross-border data flows and online trade in services, Jean Monnet TIISA Network Working Paper, 2021/11, [Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/72564
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This paper sets out recommendations to the G20 for early progress in the WTO Joint Statement Initiative negotiations on Trade-related Aspects of Electronic Commerce. The policy recommendations focus on areas which are key to closing the negotiating gaps and achieving a new multilateral framework of trade rules to facilitate continued digital transformation of services and growth in cross-border flows of data. Successful conclusion of the negotiations on trade in digital services, underpinned by cross-border data flows, will complement the expected recovery in travel and tourism and provide a robust basis for continued growth. If they fail, technological change threatens a final blow to a global institution no longer fit for purpose, unable to manage the regulatory heterogeneity resulting from national policies that threaten to compartmentalize data governance and fragment the global digital economy.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/72564
Series/Number: Jean Monnet TIISA Network Working Paper; 2021/11; [Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]
Publisher: Institute for International Trade
Sponsorship and Funder information:
Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union