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The Internet, Cross-Border Data Flows and International Trade

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The Internet and the free flow of data across borders is becoming a key platform for international trade. Digital products can be sold online and the Internet provides opportunities for business to use the Internet to manage global supply chains, communicate with customers and access IT in the cloud. At the same time, governments are restricting the Internet in ways that reduce the ability of businesses and entrepreneurs to use the Internet as a place for international commerce and limit the access of consumers to goods and services. This article discusses the importance of the Internet and cross-border data flows for international trade. It proposes steps that governments should take to apply existing international trade rules and norms and identifies where new trade rules are required to further support the Internet and cross-border data flows and drivers of international commerce and trade.

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  • Joshua Paul Meltzer, 2015. "The Internet, Cross-Border Data Flows and International Trade," Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies 201508, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    • Handle: RePEc:een:appswp:201508
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    1. Biswas, Trina & Kennedy, P. Lynn, 2016. "The Effect of the Internet on Bilateral Trade," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas 229994, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    2. Désiré Avom & Gilles Dufrénot & Sylvie Eyeffa, 2023. "Does ICT access and usage reduce growth inefficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa?," AMSE Working Papers 2306, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France.
    3. Jin Li & Wei Xiao & Chong Zhang, 2023. "Data security crisis in universities: identification of key factors affecting data breach incidents," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-18, December.
    4. Artur Strzelecki, 2019. "Key Features of E-Tailer Shops in Adaptation to Cross-Border E-Commerce in the EU," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-13, March.
    5. Qinqin Wu & Mengjie Bi & Faiza Siddiqui & Yao Tang, 2023. "Assessing the Impact of Digital Trade on Enterprise Competitiveness: Evidence from Chinese A-Share Listed Companies," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 329-362, December.

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    trade; Internet; data; investment; cross-border data flows; trade law; WTO; FTA;
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