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WEF Report Describes Digital Trade Trends, Challenges in Asia story highlights The World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on International Trade and Investment has identified seven trends on digital trade in Asia. These trends are often picked up by or accounted for in trade agreements – including the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement and the Digital Economy Agreement – which the paper compares across 23 digital trade provisions. Despite trade agreements, challenges remain around data transfer mechanisms, consumer protection, digital trade facilitation, emerging technologies, and digital taxation policies. The Global Future Council on International Trade...
