[Air-L] WEBCAST: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Digital Trade, but Didn’t Get a Chance to Ask

[Joly MacFie]

There is always truth in jest, as at the outset of this session when the
question is asked who is the best authority in the Digital Trade arena, and
host Susan Aaronson's immediate joke response is "Me!". She now heads the
newly established Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub
<https://datagovhub.org/> at GWU, and this is one of their first events.

ISOC Live posted: "On October 31, 2019 the Elliot School of International
Affairs at George Washington University hosted "Everything You Always
Wanted to Know About Digital Trade, but Didn’t Get a Chance to Ask." Data
has become the most traded good and/or service across bo"


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<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/digitaltrade>On *October
31, 2019* the *Elliot School of International Affairs
<https://elliott.gwu.edu>* at George Washington University hosted "*Everything
You Always Wanted to Know About Digital Trade, but Didn’t Get a Chance to
Ask. <https://priv.sh/9eSexyO>*" Data has become the most traded good
and/or service across borders. The American economy is increasingly reliant
on digital trade. But the US does not yet participate in any explicit
binding digital trade agreements. Meanwhile, many countries have adopted
policies that inhibit digital trade, including requirements that data be
stored locally or restricting services provided by foreign firms. Such
policies not only affect U.S. Internet and technology firms, but the users
and small businesses that rely on an open digital environment. There have
been lots of panels on digital trade, but this discussion provides an
opportunity to better understand why data is governed in trade agreements,
what are the barriers to digital trade, and how digital trade rules may
affect important policy objectives such as internet openness, the gig
economy, innovation, and national security. PANELISTS: *Matthew Reisman*,
Microsoft; Meredith Broadbent, Center for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS); *Rachael Stelly*, Computer and Communications Industry
Association (CCIA); *Burcu Kilic*, Public Citizen. MODERATOR: *Susan
Aaronson*, Professor, GWU and Director, Digital Trade and Data Governance
Hub. This event is co-sponsored by the* Institute for International
Economic Policy <https://iiep.gwu.edu/>* (IIEP at GWU), the *Digital Trade
and Data Governance Hub <https://datagovhub.org/>*, and the *Internet
Society DC <https://isoc-dc.org>* (ISOC-DC), in conjunction with the *Computer
and Communications Industry Association <https://www.ccianet.org/>* (CCIA).
It was webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety>* (AI captions).

*VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/digitaltrade
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/digitaltrade>*

*TWITTER: @IIEPGW #digitaltrade https://priv.sh/XM0Aq6S
<https://priv.sh/XM0Aq6S>*



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