CCIA Notes Data Localization, Censorship as Trade Barriers
The Computer & Communications Industry Association identified data localization, internet censorship and other restrictions on online content as significant barriers to digital trade in comments Thursday to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. USTR sought comments on trade barriers…
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as it prepared its national trade estimate (NTE) report. “The Internet has been the single biggest component of the cross-border trade in services, with many of those services facilitating the international goods trade as well,” CCIA said in its filing in docket 2016-0007. "These developments call for maintaining and expanding the NTE’s focus on digital trade barriers." Traditional trade and non-tariff barriers "such as onerous customs procedures and duties for small shipments, postal policies, housing rental and taxi regulations, and outdated financial services regulations should also receive continued attention from USTR," CCIA said.