Exports of digitally- enabled services generated $626 billion in 2022, which helped to achieve a $256 billion surplus in the sector.2 Digitally-enabled services are a critical piece of the overall strength of the United States in the services sector, reflected by the fact that 70% of U. [...] Charlene Barshevsky, the USTR at the end of the Clinton Administration, described the United States digital trade policy goals succinctly in 2000 that are just as valid today: This new initiative will create a lasting set of rules and agreements which help to ensure that the trading system provides for electronic business the same guarantees of freedom, fair competition, respect for intellectual p. [...] Leadership and Values not those of Adversaries, are Reflected on Global Stage Finally, a theme emerged from the hearings regarding the harms of the United States withdrawing from digital trade commitments on the global stage and how such a move would benefit the Chinese or Russian view of digital governance. [...] However, if the United States is not leading discussions and advocating for digital trade rules with the values of the free flow of commerce and freedom of expression, China will fill the vacuum and more easily advocate for third party nations to adopt China’s vision of digital authoritarianism domestically. [...] Some of the biggest beneficiaries of the digitalization of the economy are traditional sectors—pharmaceutical development, health care, transportation, travel, and agriculture—supporting technology workers whose wages are 125% higher than the median national wage in the U.
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