digital economy | e-commerce


Trade agreements risk undermining consumers’ right to repair, warns TACD Report
The report details how digital trade rules, such as so-called “source code protection” provisions threaten to override ambitious right to repair laws now advancing in both the United States and European Union.
US-UK trade deal hits stumbling block
The US government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food safety rules.
Civil society letter to ASEAN member states on the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) Negotiations
People's movement are express deep concern and disappointment at the lack of public participation, transparency, and open government processes in the ongoing negotiations of the Digital Economy Framework Agreement to the ASEAN member states.
PAPSS COWRY Lagos 2025: Africa stakes its claim on the future of payments
Since its public debut in January 2022, PAPSS has matured rapidly, now connecting 19 countries, 160 commercial banks, and 15 national switches, allowing cross-border transactions to clear in local currencies within a maximum of 120 seconds.
Taiwan, Japan ink pact on digital trade cooperation
The agreement includes more comprehensive regulations spanning duty-free cross-border electronic transmission, transnational data transmission, paperless trade, personal data.
India, Israel enter deeper trade and tech ties with FTA talks: Report
India and Israel are strengthening their relations centred on trade talks, technology partnerships and strategic coordination, according to a new report.
Beyond tariffs Silicon Valley's war on digital sovereignty
Trump’s consolidation with Silicon Valley signals a reconfiguration of digital political economy, where US trade policy, technological dominance, and data governance converge.
Banking on data
How the world’s tax havens became the data centres for the digital economy.
US demands 'balanced' EU digital rules before it cuts steel tariffs
The United States demanded that the European Union make its regulation of the tech sector more "balanced" in exchange for a reduction of US tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the bloc.
Google, AfCFTA to train 7,500 African SMEs on AI, digital trade skills
Google and theAfCFTA Secretariat have launched the AfCFTA Digital Inclusion & Entrepreneurship Programme that will train thousands of SMEs across Nigeria and the African continent on critical AI and digital skills to expand their businesses and trade continent-wide.