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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) agreement negotiated 25 years ago predates many technologies we use every day, even some of the companies that created them, and would benefit from an update. A modernized NAFTA that addresses a wide range of digital priorities would turbocharge the U.S. economy. Already strong U.S. exports of technology goods and services鈥攊n 2016, total U.S. exports [...]
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91pro视频 has returned from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum meetings held in Lima, Peru, last week on data privacy and digital trade. Economies and stakeholders at the forum discussed how expansion of APEC鈥檚 Cross Border Privacy Rules system (CBPRs) can help facilitate trade in information and communications technology products and services in the region and promote the free flow of information [...]
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Emerging from their first meeting in 20 years, G7 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Ministers agreed on a new global approach to ICT policy over the weekend in Takamatsu, Japan. They announced agreement on two documents: 1) a G7 鈥淐harter for the Digitally Connected World;鈥� and 2) a 鈥淛oint Declaration,鈥� which is a government-led action plan for implementing the Charter. Both of these documents [...]
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Newly elected President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo met with President Obama on Monday in Washington DC. Widodo traveled to the United States for the first time with the primary purpose of promoting Indonesia as a good destination for U.S. investment. Although the haze and forest fire crisis in South East Asia cut President Widodo鈥檚 trip short, the two presidents managed to agree on a wide range of policy [...]
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Last week I was in Istanbul, Turkey, to participate in the G20, B20, and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) meetings related to the digital economy and the importance of addressing data localization requirements and other types of forced localization measures. The news concerning the Safe Harbor ruling by the European Court of Justice colored all of the discussions at these meetings, as business [...]
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I鈥檓 on the ground in Geneva, Switzerland, as negotiators discuss the time periods for eliminating tariffs on technology products listed under the World Trade Organization鈥檚 (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA). Many critics say the WTO cannot keep up with evolving business and consumer dynamics around the world. The WTO鈥檚 Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations are increasingly irrelevant [...]
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At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in the Philippines, government officials, industry representatives (including 91pro视频), academics, and other stakeholders have been discussing how to advance regional economic cooperation and break down barriers to trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region. During the forum鈥檚 three weeks of meetings and sessions, these experts have been communicating [...]