Digital Trade

The digital economy accounts for 25 percent of global GDP today and as much as 50 percent of value creation going forward. To maximize the digital economy’s potential, policymakers must adopt effective rules and norms to facilitate trade in digital goods and enable the free flow of data, as GTIPA-member reports in this category explore.

Two Reasons Digital Services Taxes Are Attractive—and Five Reasons They’re Still Wrong

In June 2020, the United States Trade Representative’s office initiated a Section 301 investigation into digital services taxes (DSTs) that have been adopted or are being considered by a number of foreign governments. This article offers a brief analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of DSTs.

Information Technology and Innovation FoundationThu, 06/04/2020

Connecting Digital Economies: Policy Recommendations for Cross-Border Payments

A World Economic Forum report—produced with extensive research contributions from ITIF—analyzes key barriers and challenges to cross-border payments and recommends how to overcome them to support global trade.

Information Technology and Innovation FoundationTue, 06/02/2020

Digitization Potential for Germany

This paper evaluates the potential of digitization in Germany following the COVID-19 crisis. The focus is on the importance of invention, innovation and digital infrastructures as enablers for future growth.

German Economic InstituteThu, 05/28/2020

Spread of Data Localization Measures Strangles Free Markets

Data localization measures require data from economic transactions or other subject matter to be stored and processed on in-country servers. This report is a non-exhaustive list of countries and the data localization measures they impose on free-trade.

Property Rights AllianceThu, 05/28/2020

Comercio Electrónico en Colombia (E-commerce in Colombia)

E-commerce offers numerous benefits to buyers and sellers with access to the Internet. This report discusses current challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Colombia.

TicTacTue, 05/26/2020

Building a Global Digital Health Framework in the Era of COVID-19

Health data and digital technologies will be essential for improving global health outcomes beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Low- and middle-income nations, with fledgling digital health strategies and many barriers to overcome, stand to benefit the most.

Geneva NetworkFri, 05/01/2020

Digital payments, the race doesn't stop

Digital payments in Italy continued their exponential growth over the past year, reaching 270 billion euros, 11% more than in 2018. Despite the important growth rate, Italy still lags far behind European best performers such as Denmark, Sweden and Finland who reach over 300 digital transactions per capita per year.

I-Com Wed, 04/29/2020

Why Countries Should Build an Interoperable Electronic Invoicing System Into WTO E-Commerce Negotiations

To support digital trade, countries must eliminate regulatory barriers—big and small, new and old, obvious and hidden—that prevent firms from using technology and the Internet to achieve critical economies of scale. Electronic invoices are a great example.

Information Technology and Innovation FoundationMon, 03/23/2020

The Era of Digital Financial Innovation: Lessons from Economic History on Regulation

While digital finance innovation has the potential to provide businesses and consumers with lower costs and a greater range of financial services, it has raised questions regarding the risks it poses to consumers, individual financial institutions, the financial system and the economy at large – and how Canadian financial regulators should respond to those risks.

C.D. Howe Institute Thu, 03/12/2020

PIDS Study Finds Low Adoption Rate Of E-Commerce Among Philippine Firms

Despite the growing digital economy in the Philippines, the adoption rate of e-commerce among firms is low, a study published by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) revealed.

The Philippine Institute for Development StudiesTue, 03/03/2020

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