Past Event
Three data realms: Managing the divergence between the EU, the US and China in the digital sphere
Major economies are addressing the challenges brought by digital trade in different ways, resulting in diverging regulatory regimes. How should we view these divergences and best deal with them?
video recording
Digitalisation is fundamentally changing international trade. But while it comes with many positives, there are challenges as well. For instance, in digital trade physical presence is not necessary but is often legally required. Since major economies have addressed these challenges in different manners, it has resulted in diverging regulatory regimes, making it increasingly difficult to trade services across borders.
At this event we looked at the differences in how three major economies, the EU, US and China, regulate digital trade, and how these divergences risk to fracture the digital sphere.
Schedule
15:00-15:45
Conversation
Chair: Niclas Poitiers, Research Fellow
Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research Professor and Director of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
Henry Gao, Senior fellow, CIGI and law professor, Singapore Management University
Esa Kaunistola, Director, Trade and Industrial Policy, European Government Affairs, Microsoft
15:45-16:00
Q&A
Speakers
Susan Ariel Aaronson
Research Professor and Director of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
Henry Gao
Senior fellow, CIGI and law professor, Singapore Management University
Esa Kaunistola
Director, Trade and Industrial Policy, European Government Affairs, Microsoft
Niclas Poitiers
Research Fellow
Location & Contact
Matilda Sevon
[email protected]
