Digital technologies are rapidly changing the world economy. The central task of US policy makers must be to identify and overcome obstacles to advancement in cyber space to empower citizens and promote human flourishing. Today the Global Internet Strategy project is releasing its first working paper by AEI scholar Claude Barfield on the necessary considerations and steps that America must take to solidify their position as leaders in digital trade and technology. To read a full copy of his working paper, “When Trade and Tech Collide,” click here.
Former consultant for the Office of the US Trade Representative Claude Barfield explains:
- The President needs to take a firm stand against those in the EU who support the “right to be forgotten” which directly flouts principles of free trade in data. US TTIP negotiators need make sure it is known that any such forced delisting of information will not be tolerated.
- Requiring local data storage is detrimental to digital trade and improving data flow. Congress needs to take quick steps to reverse these restrictions.
- Encryption debates on the Hill need to involve stakeholders from private companies. The government needs to work closely with industry leaders to develop encryption strategies that balance privacy and national security.
- The President must make emphatically clear that any attempt at the destruction of private or public data by any foreign or domestic entity will be met with retaliation.
- The US needs to move beyond “business as usual” policies with regards to China’s flagrant misuse of cyber strategy. It should make clear that it will retaliate if China is to use its new security laws as a pretext to undercut US trade positions or to undermine US interests in anyway.
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