After four years of negotiations at the WTO, a “stabilised text” for the WTO Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) on e-commerce was released in July. This is a text now broadly agreed upon within negotiations, although there may be further minor …
As e-commerce and platform-based trading expand across the globe, one of the major developmental claims is that digital marketplace trading might unleash small firm creativity and profits. Selling online, even reaching lucrative foreign customers, has been a key ambition for …
After a COVID-19 hiatus, we hope to resume publishing more regular articles on digital trade on this blog as discussions continue to expand. The WTO “Joint Statement Initiative on E-commerce” (E-commerce JSI) may not have been concluded or formalised during …
This update shines a light on the increasing patchwork of global forums and bodies looking to govern digital and data flows. Return of the US to global governance? OECD digital tax. Discussion about the global taxation of firms has become …
ABOUT
The goal of this website is to provide simple and balanced information for trade negotiators, policy makers, advocacy groups, academics and wider society on issues connected to digital trade and how they will shape the global economy.
As issues around data, digital and trade becomes important there is need for clearer information and commentary on these issues. Read more >>
AUTHORS
The Digital Trade Tracker was created by Dr Christopher Foster, a researcher at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester, UK. The site is inspired by research undertaken by Christopher Foster, Shamel Azmeh & Jaime Echavarri from 2015 onwards.
