ISDS Case Map
digital economy | e-commerce
Google’s Singapore subsidiary could use a controversial ISDS provision in the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement to demand millions in compensation over proposed Australian regulation for payment of news content.
Google and Facebook could sue the government for billions of dollars over a proposed law to force the digital giants to pay publishers for displaying news content, by seizing on investment clauses in the Australia-Singapore trade agreement.
The US has said the proposed legislation could run counter to the US-Australia free trade agreement.
German industry group BDI wants the EU to ban localization requirements and other limits to the free flow of data across borders.
The Digital Economy Partnership Agreement between New Zealand, Singapore, and Chile will enter into force today.
Britain hopes Singapore and Vietnam deals will bring it closer to joining Trans-Pacific Partnership.
When Canada and Britain begin negotiations as early as next year on a bilateral, post-Brexit trade deal, digital trade will be a top priority.
A cooperation plan between Brussels and Washington reportedly includes attempts to revive parts of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that focus on regulatory cooperation regarding new technologies.
One prominent digital-privacy group is warning that a new trade deal between the United Kingdom and Japan could result in an “existential threat” to British data privacy.
We must ensure that, as we enter a new phase in the digital disruption of the economy, we do not shackle our democratic institutions from regulating the digital sphere.
