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.

Higher digital taxes coming soon: A three-part saga

Global policy around digital taxation is moving lockstep in one direction: toward higher taxes. At least three distinct policy trends intersect around the complicated issue of how to tax multinational firms at higher effective tax rates.

Austrian Economics CenterFri, 11/06/2020

Keeping freights moving: Why ASEAN needs a Digital Integration Forum for the logistics sector

Despite its trade intensity, ASEAN is still not achieving the full potential of digitalization in logistics the way the European Union has done. There are gains to be captured that are missing due to a lack of coordination from ASEAN Member States (AMS) which could be improved through the creation of better forums and channels of information exchange. Covid-19 has highlighted this vulnerability and serves as an opportunity to improve coordination. This paper will assess institutional challenges facing ASEAN logistics digitalization before evaluating this against the model adopted by the EU.

Institute for Democracy and Economic AffairsFri, 10/30/2020

GTIPA Perspectives: The Importance of E-commerce, Digital Trade, and Maintaining the WTO E-commerce Customs Duty Moratorium

This report shows Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance members' perspectives on e-commerce and digital trade in light of negotiations on new rules World Trade Organization (WTO) member nations are deliberating regarding the moratorium on cross-border electronic transmissions customs duties (i.e., duties on digital products). This volume aims to demonstrate how GTIPA member countries - including Argentina, Colombia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, and the United States - benefit from and support e-commerce and digital trade, and how keeping tariffs off the Internet drives domestic and transnational growth, fosters global integration, sparks innovation, narrows the digital divide, and creates employment opportunities.

The Free Market Foundation Tue, 10/27/2020

GTIPA Perspectives: The Importance of E-commerce, Digital Trade, and Maintaining the WTO E-commerce Customs Duty Moratorium

This report shows Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance members' perspectives on e-commerce and digital trade in light of negotiations on new rules World Trade Organization (WTO) member nations are deliberating regarding the moratorium on cross-border electronic transmissions customs duties (i.e., duties on digital products). This volume aims to demonstrate how GTIPA member countries - including Argentina, Colombia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, and the United States - benefit from and support e-commerce and digital trade, and how keeping tariffs off the Internet drives domestic and transnational growth, fosters global integration, sparks innovation, narrows the digital divide, and creates employment opportunities.

German Economic InstituteTue, 10/27/2020

GTIPA Perspectives: The Importance of E-commerce, Digital Trade, and Maintaining the WTO E-commerce Customs Duty Moratorium

This report shows Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance members' perspectives on e-commerce and digital trade in light of negotiations on new rules World Trade Organization (WTO) member nations are deliberating regarding the moratorium on cross-border electronic transmissions customs duties (i.e., duties on digital products). This volume aims to demonstrate how GTIPA member countries - including Argentina, Colombia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, and the United States - benefit from and support e-commerce and digital trade, and how keeping tariffs off the Internet drives domestic and transnational growth, fosters global integration, sparks innovation, narrows the digital divide, and creates employment opportunities.

Information Technology and Innovation FoundationMon, 10/26/2020

GTIPA Perspectives: The Importance of E-commerce, Digital Trade, and Maintaining the WTO E-commerce Customs Duty Moratorium

This report shows GTIPA members’ perspectives on e-commerce and digital trade in light of negotiations on new rules World Trade Organization (WTO) member nations are deliberating regarding the moratorium on cross-border electronic transmissions customs duties (i.e., duties on digital products).

Mon, 10/26/2020

GTIPA Perspectives: Nations' Trade Policy Priorities for the Year Ahead

This report provides GTIPA members’ perspectives on their nations’ three most-significant trade priorities for the year ahead. This document aims to deliver a succinct snapshot of what to expect in the coming year regarding trade policy priorities for these countries.

Mon, 10/26/2020

GTIPA Perspectives: COVID-19 Impacts on Public Health and the Economy of GTIPA Member Nations

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic that emerged at the start of 2020 has impacted the global economy and public health to an unprecedented extent. This anthology analyzes the economic and public health impact and policy responses of 20 nations and regions.

Mon, 10/26/2020

Honduras advances in digitization while maintaining mobility restrictions

During the contingency due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19, Honduras shows progress in the digitization of processes in its public administration while registering threats to civil liberties due to the restriction of mobility. This is how it is evaluated in the Libertometer, a platform that will support the observation of public policies that have been developed by the Alliance for Central America and promoted by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.

Fundación EléuteraFri, 10/23/2020

Sustainable Trade Index 2020

The Sustainable Trade Index (or Hinrich Index) measures the capacity of 20 economies – including 19 in Asia, and the United States – to participate in international trade in a manner that supports the long-term domestic and global goals of economic growth, environmental protection, and better social equity. The Hinrich Index aims to stimulate meaningful discussions of the full range of considerations when advancing sustainable trade.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 10/13/2020

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