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== People ==  
== People ==  
'''Focal Point:'''
*Marilia Maciel (DiploFoundation)
'''Subject Matter Expert (SME):'''
*Frederick Donck (ISOC)
'''Moderator'''
'''Moderator'''
*William J. Drake - International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland
*William J. Drake - International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland


'''Key Panellists'''
'''Key Panellists'''


'''Moderator'''
 
*William J. Drake - International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland
'''Reporter'''
*Sorina Teleanu - DiploFoundation
 


'''Remote Moderator'''
'''Remote Moderator'''


'''Organising Team (Org Team)'''  
'''Organising Team (Org Team)'''  
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*Marilia Maciel - DiploFoundation  
*Marilia Maciel - DiploFoundation  


'''Reporter'''
 
*Sorina Teleanu - DiploFoundation
'''Focal Point:'''
*Marilia Maciel (DiploFoundation)
 
 
'''Subject Matter Expert (SME):'''
*Frederick Donck (ISOC)
 


== Current discussion, conference calls, schedules and minutes ==
== Current discussion, conference calls, schedules and minutes ==

Revision as of 13:04, 29 May 2017

7 June 2017 | 16:30 - 17:30 | Grand Ballroom, Swissotel, Tallinn, Estonia | remote participation | live streaming
Programme overview wiki | Programme overview EuroDIG web site

Session teaser

Are trade negotiations the next arena of Internet policy discussions? What are the pros and cons from a European standpoint?

Keywords

Digital trade, e-commerce, trade agreements, WTO, data flows, data localisation

Session description

WTO instruments already include binding provisions applicable to the Internet, and more specific Internet provisions may be included in pending regional and mega-regional agreements, such as the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), and the EU-Canada Comprehensive and Trade Agreement (CETA) . Cross-border data flows, data localisation, mandates for the disclosure of the source code of digital products and the use of cryptographic technologies are topics which are being addressed in these various contexts. This plenary session will discuss the pros and cons of digital policy issues in trade negotiations from a European standpoint. Are European actors influencing these developments? Which of these actors have had more or less influence on European policies, through what mechanisms? What are the key European positions and alliances at the WTO and in bilateral negotiations? Which are the main initiatives aiming to achieve policy coherence within the EU (e.g. EU Commission Staff Working Document on the free flow of data and emerging issues of the European data economy)? Come share your views with us!

Format

Until 30 April 2017. Please try out new interactive formats. EuroDIG is about dialogue not about statements, presentations and speeches. Workshops should not be organised as a small plenary.

Further reading

Bauer M; Ferracane M F; Lee-Makiyama H; Marel E V D (2016). Unleashing Internal Data Flows in the EU: An Economic Assessment of Data Localisation Measures in the EU Member States. ECIPE Policy Brief No. 3. Available at http://ecipe.org/publications/unleashing-internal-data-flows-in-the-eu

Crosby D (2016). Analysis of Data Localization Measures Under WTO Services Trade Rules and Commitments. E15 Initiative Policy Brief, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development and The World Economic Forum. Available at http://e15initiative.org/publications/analysis-of-data-localization-measures-under-wto-services-trade-rules-and-commitments

Drake, William J., and Eli M. Noam (1998). Assessing the WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications. In, Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Erika Wada (eds.), Unfinished Business: Telecommunications After the Uruguay Round (Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics), pp. 27-61. Available at http://bit.ly/2pZR5zy.

Drake, William J., and Kalypso Nicolaïdis (2000). Global Electronic Commerce and GATS: The ‘Millennium Round’ and Beyond. In, Pierre Sauve and Robert M. Stern (eds.) GATS 2000: New Directions in Services Trade Liberalization ( Washington DC: The Brookings Institution Press), pp. 399-437. Available at http://bit.ly/2pZRm5y.

Drake, William J., Vinton G. Cerf, and Wolfgang Kleinwächter (2016). Internet Fragmentation: An Overview. (Geneva: The World Economic Forum, January). Available at http://www.weforum.org/reports/internet-fragmentation-an-overview

European Commission (2017) Building A European Data Economy. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic And Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. COM(2017) 9 final. Available at https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/communication-building-european-data-economy

Geneva Internet Platform [GIP] (2016) WTO Public Forum. Available at https://dig.watch/events/wto-public-forum

Maciel M (2016) E-commerce in the WTO: The next arena of Internet policy discussions? DiploFoundation blog, 20 September. Available at https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/e-commerce-wto-next-arena-internet-policy-discussions

Malcolm J (2017) Will the TPP Live on in NAFTA and RCEP? Electronic Frontier Foundation. Available at https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/will-tpp-live-nafta-and-rcep

Pérez M F (2016). Corporate-Sponsored Privacy Confusion in the EU on Trade and Data Protection. EDRi, 12 October. https://edri.org/corporate-sponsored-privacy-confusion-eu-trade-data-protection/

Pepper R; Garrity J; LaSalle C (2016). Cross-Border Data Flows, Digital Innovation, and Economic Growth, in The Global Information Technology Report 2016: Innovating in the Digital Economy, edited by Silja Baller, Soumitra Dutta, and Bruno Lanvin, The World Economic Forum, pp. 39-40. https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-information-technology-report-2016

UN Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD] (2015) Information Economy Report 2015: Unlocking the Potential of E-commerce for Developing Countries. Available at http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/ier2015_en.pdf

World Trade Organization [WTO] (1998) Work Programme on Electronic Commerce. Available at https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/ecom_e/wkprog_e.htm

World Trade Organization [WTO] (1998) The Work Programme on Electronic Commerce. Note by the Secretariat (S/C/W/68). Available at https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/ecom_e/ecom_e.htm


In preparation for the 11th Ministerial Conference of the WTO (MC11), scheduled for December 2017 in Buenos Aires, WTO member countries have recently submitted papers and proposals:

• GC/116: circulated at the request of the delegations of Canada, Chile, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, the EU, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Montenegro, Paraguay, Singapore, and Turkey. Available at: https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/JOBs/GC/116.pdf

• GC/94 USA: circulated at the request of the delegation of the United States. Available at: https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/JOBs/GC/94.pdf

• GC/96r1: circulated at the request of the delegation of Japan. Available at: https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/ExportFile.aspx?id=230014&filename=q/Jobs/GC/96R1.pdf

• GC/98: circulated at the request of the delegation of Brazil. Available at: https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/ExportFile.aspx?id=230094&filename=q/Jobs/GC/98.pdf

• GC/99: circulated at the request of the delegations of MIKTA countries. Available at: https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S009-DP.aspx?language=E&CatalogueIdList=230131

• GC/100: circulated at the request of the delegation of Japan. Available at: https://docsonline.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/DDFDocuments/230146/q/Jobs/GC/100.pdf

• GC/117: circulated at the request of the delegation of Singapore. Available at: https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/JOBs/GC/117.pdf.

• GC/110: circulated at the request of the delegations of China and Pakistan. Available at: https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/ExportFile.aspx?id=232753&filename=q/Jobs/GC/110R1.pdf

• GC/115: circulated at the request of the delegations of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Available at: https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/JOBs/GC/115.pdf

People

Moderator

  • William J. Drake - International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland


Key Panellists


Reporter

  • Sorina Teleanu - DiploFoundation


Remote Moderator


Organising Team (Org Team)

  • William Drake - International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Valentina Pellizzer - President One World Platform
  • Arandjel Bojanovic - ISOC Serbia
  • Marilia Maciel - DiploFoundation


Focal Point:

  • Marilia Maciel (DiploFoundation)


Subject Matter Expert (SME):

  • Frederick Donck (ISOC)


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