This paper identifies the challenges to US interests arising from the application of country- or region-specific technical requirements or standards (sometimes mandated via conformity assessment procedures or other means) to services that are delivered or performed electronically (“digitally enabled services”). It also proposes possible solutions to this challenge and introduces several draft trade agreement provisions.

BSA and its members have worked to develop Global Sustainability Principles that outline how the enterprise software industry is working on sustainability and climate resilience.

BSA welcomes the EU Commission’s overall objective in its proposal on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 (EU Cyber-Resilience Act, hereafter “CRA”).

In 2022, 80 percent of state legislatures explored social media or platform regulation legislation. Additionally, there was a 70 percent increase in the volume of bills from 2021 to 2022 and the number of bill enactments climbed from 2 in 2021 to 13 in 2022. The vast majority of those new laws are related to third-party sellers on online marketplaces.