The Digital Trade Imbalance and Its Implications for Internet Governance

Aaronson, Susan Ariel

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“…13 However, neither dispute has provided clarity regarding key issues such as whether governments can, for example, restrict sales of offensive items such as Nazi memorabilia or censor and filter websites (Mattoo and Schuknecht 2000, 19-20;Goldsmith and Wu 2006 Meanwhile, in the absence of progress in digital trade negotiations at the WTO, the US, EU, Canada, and other nations have been actively pursuing FTAs both as a means of expanding trade in general and in setting rules to govern digital trade. However, they have only included aspirational language in these agreements, with one exception-the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) (Aaronson 2016a). 14 The US and its 11 TPP partners spent years negotiating a binding and disputable ecommerce chapter in the TPP that requires signatories to facilitate cross-border information flows.…”

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“…Hence, TPP parties banned certain types of practices that 14 As of July 2017, it is unclear whether the EU-Japan deal will have binding e-commerce provisions. could fragment the internet, reduce access to information, and/or increase the cost and difficulty of doing business online (Drake, Cerf and Kleinwächter 2016, 36;Aaronson 2016a). The Obama Administration officials were also concerned about China's efforts to enforce its concept of cyber-sovereignty.…”

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“…When officials place limitations on which firms can participate in the network, they may reduce the overall size of the network, and once again potentially raise costs (Force-Hill 2014, 32;Daigle 2015;Drake, Cerf, and Kleinwächter 2016). Finally, digital protection can undermine access to information, reducing innovation and the ability of citizens to monitor and hold their governments to account (OECD 2016;Aaronson 2016aAaronson , 2016b.…”

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“…Digital protectionism may also undermine human rights and scientific progress. (Swedish Board of Trade 2016, 52;OECD 2016;Aaronson 2016a).…”

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“…Digital protectionism may also undermine human rights and scientific progress. (Swedish Board of Trade 2016, 52;OECD 2016;Aaronson 2016a).…”

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“…This represented a competitive advantage for the American companies providing Internet-related goods and services. The United States thus became the first country to apply trade policies to govern cross-border information flows (Aaronson 2015).…”

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Negotiating Internet Governance

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2019

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What is at stake for how the Internet continues to evolve is the preservation of its integrity as a single network. In practice, its governance is neither centralized nor unitary; it is piecemeal and fragmented, with authoritative decision-making coming from different sources simultaneously: governments, businesses, international organizations, technical and academic experts, and civil society. Historically, the conditions for their interaction were rarely defined beyond basic technical coordination, due at first to the academic freedom granted to the researchers developing the network and, later on, to the sheer impossibility of controlling mushrooming Internet initiatives. Today, the search for global norms and rules for the Internet continues, be it for cybersecurity or artificial intelligence, amid processes fostering the supremacy of national approaches or the vitality of a pluralist environment with various stakeholders represented. This book provides an incisive analysis of the emergence and evolution of global Internet governance, unpacking the complexity of more than 300 governance arrangements, influential debates, and political negotiations over four decades. Highly accessible, this book breaks new ground through a wide empirical exploration and a new conceptual approach to governance enactment in global issue domains. A tripartite framework is employed for revealing power dynamics, relying on: (a) an extensive database of mechanisms of governance for the Internet at the global and regional level; (b) an in-depth analysis of the evolution of actors and priorities over time; and (c) a key set of dominant practices observed in the Internet governance communities. It explains continuity and change in Internet-related negotiations, opening up new directions for thinking and acting in this field.

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Establishing Multilateral and Regional Rules on Digital Trade: The Role of Japan and Middle Powers

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2023

The Political Economy of the Asia Pacific

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The Digital Trade Imbalance and Its Implications for Internet Governance

Cited by 26 publications

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What are We Talking About When We Discuss Digital Protectionism?

What are We Talking About When We Discuss Digital Protectionism?

Negotiating Internet Governance

Establishing Multilateral and Regional Rules on Digital Trade: The Role of Japan and Middle Powers

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