The last decade has seen a proliferation of measures requiring data to be stored within
national borders. Such restrictions, known as 'data localization measures', disrupt digital …

Cross-border data flows is a crucial factor in digital economy. Article 12.14 (2) and Article
12.15 (2) in RCEP stipulate the prohibitive norms on data localization, aiming to ensure the …

Remarkable development of the data economy and growing awareness of the importance of
data in recent years have driven some countries to strengthen their control over data flow …

• The Productivity Commission published estimates in 2017 of the damage that such
initiatives impose on both the initiator and the rest of the world.[...] In these calculations, the …

This paper provides a systematic study of digital trade governance in the Asia-Pacific region.
It starts with a brief review of the current landscape of digital trade agreements in the region …

In reaction to the stalemate in the multilateral trading system, international governance of
digital trade has gradually shifted toward bilateral and regional trade agreements. This …

The chapter maps how digital services trade is addressed under the General Agreement on
Trade in Services (GATS) and e-commerce chapters in preferential trade agreements. It sets …

The benefits of the information society come at the price of increasing data dependency.
This creates tensions between economic, privacy, and public security interests. While data …

Greater adoption of digital content has brought a see through change in the idea of data
generation and its storage. UNCTAD's 'Digital Economy Report 2019'reveals that e …

Digital technologies have transformed the pattern of international trade into digital one. This
thesis defines digital trade as cross-border transactions of goods and services through …