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Old Wine in New Bottles – How Protectionism Takes Hold of Digital Trade

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  • Erik van der Marel

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This commentary argues that digital restrictions are spreading across many parts of the world, holding back prospective productivity gains from trade. Barriers to digital trade have the same effect as standard barriers to trade in goods – they protect incumbent firms at the expense of consumers. Just like tariffs on cars or semi‐conductors slowed down the diffusion of new technologies in previous spurts of innovation, digital protectionism will cripple countries in our current wave of Industrialization.

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  • Erik van der Marel, 2019. "Old Wine in New Bottles – How Protectionism Takes Hold of Digital Trade," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 10(4), pages 737-739, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:glopol:v:10:y:2019:i:4:p:737-739
    DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12737
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    1. Lijuan Yang, 2023. "Recommendations for metaverse governance based on technical standards," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Sebastian Klotz, 2023. "Who drives the international standardisation of telecommunication and digitalisation? Introducing a new data set," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 14(3), pages 558-568, June.

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