Before the Office of the United States Trade Representative Washington, D.C.

Because the business community has a limited technical capacity to assess and respond to interference with the cross-border flow of services, products, and information by nation-states, allied governments have a critical role to play in partnering with technology companies and leading in the defense of internet freedom, non-discriminatory regulation and governance of technologies, and open digital. [...] leadership in the digital economy and the global nature of the free and open internet. [...] CCIA thanks USTR for highlighting digital trade as a key priority for the Administration in the 2023 National Trade Estimate Report and encourages USTR to build upon this work in years to come, given the increasing centrality of digital and internet technologies to U. [...] Given the reliance of other industries on the cross-border flow of data in the modern economy, all services suppliers operating in a foreign market rely to some extent on the ability to transfer data to and from that jurisdiction, benefitting from the free and open flow of information powered by digital trade agreements. [...] Because the business community has a limited technical capacity to assess and respond to interference with cross-border flow of services, products, and information by nation-states, allied governments have a critical role to play in partnering with technology companies and leading in the defense of internet freedom and open digital trade principles.