ISDS Case Map
digital economy | e-commerce
Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to promote the early establishment of a joint technical working group on a digital partnership, towards a bilateral agreement on digital economy.
In this competition over standards, whichever nation first strikes a trilateral deal with technology leaders Japan and South Korea will secure a strategic chokepoint in the digital architecture of Asia.
The organizations said including a legal shield for tech companies in trade deals “reflects a broad effort by the big tech platforms to use ‘trade negotiations’ to limit domestic policy options.”
South Korea held a public hearing on its bid to join a global pact on the digital trade sector that covers a wider array of issues beyond conventional free trade agreements.
US Trade Representative has raised digital trade as an area of potential future cooperation in her coversations thus far with Asian partners.
Trade officials in the meeting of the US-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) discussed the importance of digital trade for achieving broad-based inclusive economic growth and innovation.
Some WTO Members are negotiating rules on ecommerce. This is the draft consolidated text as of 14 December 2020.
Some WTO Members are negotiating rules on ecommerce. This is the draft stocktake text as of August 2020.
The RCEP will undoubtedly pave the way for China's new digital yuan expansion throughout Asia.
A Latin American social media industry group that includes Facebook and Twitter said a reform in Mexico would violate an international trade pact, in swift backlash to a draft bill that seeks to regulate social media platforms.
