The Digital Trade Imbalance and Its Implications for Internet Governance
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- 22 January 2016
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- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
This paper examines how governments use trade agreements and policies to address cross-border internet issues and to limit digital protectionism. The digital trade imbalance refers to the imbalance between the US enthusiasm for, and its major trade partners ambivalence towards the creation of a system of trade rules to govern cross-border information flows. The paper concludes with recommendations to policymakers.Keywords
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