Provisions on Electronic Commerce in Regional Trade Agreements

Monteiro, José-Antonio; Teh, Robert

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“…There have been an increasing number of RTAs with particular electronic commerce provisions over time. Between 2014 to 2016, the proportion of electronic commerce-related RTAs increased to more than 60% [2]. While the emerging regional electronic commerce rules are helping to fill the gaps in multilateral rules, they inevitably exacerbated the fragmentation of global digital trade government, resulting in regulatory conflict and negatively affecting the world's economic growth.…”

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WTO Joint Statement Initiative: Conflicts Analysis and the Impact on Future Negotiations

Xiao¹

2022

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The increasing digitalization of economic activities has created new electronic commerce operations, and the development of digital trade has created new demands for international trade rules. However, these developments also generated trade conflicts and regulatory issues between countries in the world. In response to the new demands and the need to resolve conflicts and issues, many countries from the World Trade Organization (WTO) initiated a Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) on e-commerce, aiming to achieve a consensus on e-commerce-related global trade topics. Due to the difference in economic development and policy concentration, the proposals from each signatory face economic, safety, and cultural value disputes. Developed economies are competing for a dominant position in the digital world to set the rules for e-commerce. Thus, a deep insight into the process of JSI negotiation and an analysis of several large debatable topics, such as cross-border data flow, market access, and intellectual property protection, need to be provided for future reference. Under such a situation, opportunities are also created for countries and enterprises to gain a competitive edge, and detailed future considerations can be explored as new topics for the signatories to include in the negotiation process in order to produce a comprehensive agreement.

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WTO Joint Statement Initiative: Conflicts Analysis and the Impact on Future Negotiations

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2022

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“…Most of them were involved in the process of TPP and (with the exception of Colombia) are currently part of the CP-TPP. The lessons learned, or spillover effects of TPP in terms of digital trade can be perceived in the number of digital trade provisions fostered by this bloc that illustrate a dynamism that is absent in MERCOSUR and other trade agreements in the region (including CA-UE; CA Mexico and DR-CAFTA) (Bustos, 2018; Monteiro and Teh, 2017). These include consumer protection, protection of personal information, duty-free trade, nondiscrimination, electronic transfer of information among countries, paperless trade, dispute resolution, cooperation, authentication and electronic signature and unsolicited unwanted e-mail provisions, that is, 11 of the 15 provisions on e-commerce contained originally in the TPP (Michalczewsky and Ramos, 2017).…”

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Digital trade in Latin America: mapping issues and approaches

Aguerre

2019

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Purpose In Latin America, digital trade is still a marginal issue in the internet policy and governance debate, as well as in the trade regime. However, there are signs that this is beginning to change. This paper aims to discuss why this is changing and how, against the backdrop of the internet governance field. Design/methodology/approach The research has used a mixed methods approach based on interviews and participant observation in one regional process, as well as an extensive literature review and document analysis. Findings There is a current scenario for expanding the digital trade agenda in the regional commercial blocs with the aim of rapidly incorporating them to a process of digitization that will be challenging their economic foundations. The tangibility of the impact of the expanding digital economy is much more prevalent than other internet governance debates, and these initiatives seem to be adopting a pragmatic approach, rather than questioning the existing rules that govern the trade and the internet regimes. There are significant challenges emerging from a fragmented institutional background for trade-related policy in the region and the digital single market might be one of the solutions. Finally, domestic coordination among competing laws regarding data protection and their enforcement without conflicting with cross border data flows will be a challenge to be addressed. Originality/value There is a lack of evidence-based research on the subject in the region. Many of the accounts stem from normative perspectives (many from scholars with legal backgrounds). This paper explores the connections between the internet governance regime and the emerging digital trade based on existing policies and processes.

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“…Over the past few years, "digital trade" has emerged as a concept that summarizes trade flows in which the Internet plays a central role [3]. The objects of digital trade include physical goods and Services [4]. Digital trade index refers to the net export scale of goods and digital services, that is, the difference between a country's digital exports and digital imports indicates how integrated into or dependent a region's digital economy is on the global market [5].…”

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Digital Trade Competitiveness and Impact Factors Analysis - Based on Digital Economy Development Level Perspective

2024

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The popularization of digital technology and the vigorous development of the global Internet have promoted the rapid growth of digital trade and become one of the engines of international trade. Digital trade, which includes e-commerce, cross-border digital services, and digital payment, has become an important part of international trade, providing enterprises with unlimited opportunities in the global market and consumers with more choices. This study examines China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union's (27) trade competitiveness and scope of digital commerce from 2015 to 2022. First, based on scale patterns, the globe has developed a digital economic pattern that consists of China, the European Union, and the United States. Second, the European Union and the United States also have greater advantages than China's digital economy from a structural standpoint. Third, according to the dynamic trend, the difference between the EU and the US in terms of the scale of the digital economy is steadily closing. Fourth, from the standpoint of the competition landscape, China and the EU hold the top positions in the trade of digital products and services, respectively.

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Provisions on Electronic Commerce in Regional Trade Agreements

Cited by 47 publications

References 18 publications

WTO Joint Statement Initiative: Conflicts Analysis and the Impact on Future Negotiations

WTO Joint Statement Initiative: Conflicts Analysis and the Impact on Future Negotiations

Digital trade in Latin America: mapping issues and approaches

Digital Trade Competitiveness and Impact Factors Analysis - Based on Digital Economy Development Level Perspective

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