Recently, our Global Trade & Investment Policy Commission Meeting convened to focus on the most pressing issues facing the global trading system & discussed ICC's engagements on #digitaltrade , E-Commerce Moratorium, #trade & environment, WTO reform. More: bit.ly/3Vc3EJS

Today, ECOWAS and TradeMark Africa have signed a strategic collaboration to jointly pursue trade facilitation initiatives and promote economic prosperity in West Africa. bit.ly/4bEWROD

#ECOWAS_TMAPartnership #KeepAfricaTrading #DigitalTrade #SustainableTradePractices

Our new paper with Erik van der Marel in the Review of International Economics! It's an update of a paper we wrote for the WB in 2021. The results still hold: a regime of open data transfers coupled with a robust domestic data protection regime is best for #digitaltrade !
European University Institute

NATimated Wizards ━☆ﾟ.*・｡ﾟ 🅼🆂🅲🆁🅸₿🅴 Gotta include the Taproot Punks ᵛ² 🔥🔥🔥
#getpunked

H.E. Wamkele Mene addressing the audience at the 1st #PAPSS Bank CEO Forum today in #CapeTown #SouthAfrica

Pan-African Payment And Settlement System - PAPSS
#DigitalTrade #OneAfricanMarket #AfCFTA #Africa #Payments

The partnership between ECOWAS and TMA will leverage digital technologies to reduce trade barriers and boost trade efficiency, paving the way for a more prosperous West Africa.
bit.ly/4bEWROD

#ECOWAS_TMAPartnership #KeepAfricaTrading #DigitalTrade #SustainableTrade

At the largest Law and Tech conference in Africa, convening over 2000 delegates from 40+ countries.
#DigitalTrade #AfricaLawTech #Afcfta #AfricaLawTech Festival2023 #Nairobi

And then there were 90 #JSI #digitaltrade docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/S…

THIS IS MASSIVE!💥Trade cast coming! The private Cyprx research team is always on point! A shift is underway in the world of trade finance documents. In less than two weeks, paperless trade documents will be accepted under English Common Law. $XRP #Digitaltrade #XDCNetwork

The Fifth (5th) Meeting of the AfCFTA Committee on Digital Trade is underway in Accra, Ghana to kickstart the negotiations of the Annexes on the Protocol on Digital Trade.
#AfCFTA #digitaltrade

At #UNCTADeWeek all week long! If you are around, come to room C today (Monday 4th) at 11.30 to hear about how to promote policies that make #digitaltrade work for all!

Happy to share that the latest edition of the Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law also includes an entry that I prepared on data localisation! elgaronline.com/display/book/9…
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Teesside University European University Institute GlobalGovernanceProg
#datalocalisation #digitaltrade

🚨 Urgent Alert 🚨 Africa's SMEs face a critical trade finance gap. Geopolitical uncertainties and supply chain woes worsen the situation. The need for digitalization is pressing. The digital transformation is in full swing #XDC THE STANDARD in #digitaltrade

@AfriaLawTech
KC
#AfricaLawTech
#ALTF2023
#DigitalTrade

<<Tokenisation for the Real World: Compliance, Business and Digital Trade>> Event hosted by Blockchain Australia collaboration with XDC Australia. Come explore the dynamic world of #Tokenisation in the #DigitalTrade economy. #XDCNetwork tinyurl.com/TokenisationWe… XinFin #MLETR

This week, UK representatives joined us in Switzerland for a three-day #DigitalTrade and customs tour.
 
Along with discovering more about Switzerland’s ambitious #DaziT and #Passar digitisation programmes, the delegates also met a key member of the 🇨🇭 canine customs team 🐶

#PSW streamlines trade activities through its innovative digital system, ensuring #accountability , #transparency , and #reliability for its stakeholders.
For more information, visit psw.gov.pk
#TradeTransparency #DigitalTrade #TradeFacilitation #ImportExport

It was great meeting with Jennifer Prescott and Sofia Trenor M from Amazon Web Services, and James Waterworth from Amazon to #discuss the new #tendencies of #Global #Digital Trade , the #EU DigitalFuture and #EU #Digital #SingleMarket .

In partnership with GIZ Rwanda for Digitizing Global Trade and Universal Postal Union, Experts provided training to the staff of IPOSITA RWANDA responsible for using the Customs Declaration system. Empowering Our Team for a Digital Future! #DIGITALTRADE #COLLABORATION

📅 Happening this week:

- #ICCDSI webinar on #digitaltrade
- Meeting of the ICC Global Customs and #Trade Facilitation Commission
- Joint webinar w/ICC Nederland on the impact of customs policies on businesses and value chains.
- World Summit on the Information Society Forum