Speaker: Joseph Whitlock, Director, Policy, BSA | The Software Alliance and Executive Director, Global Data Alliance

BSA’s Joseph Whitlock joins an APEC panel discussion describing the challenges that face policymakers and regulators in growing and enabling digital trade and more.

Building a conducive regulatory environment for digital trade means having foundational policies/regulations in place to effectively regulate digital activities in a coherent, cross-sectoral, and cross-jurisdictional manner.

This session will give an overview of the challenges that face policymakers and regulators in growing and enabling digital trade, from restrictions to the free flow of data; lack of foundational frameworks, such as data protection and privacy; as well as application of taxation and tariff frameworks in the age of digital platforms and data.

Panelists:

• Moderator: Christine Bliss, USCSI
• Joseph Whitlock from BSA | The Software Alliance
• Rachel Stelly, Senior Policy Counsel, CCIA
• Yan Xiao, Lead of Digital Trade, World Economic Forum

More Information: https://www.apec.org/events-calendar