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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you Eprahim. Attached is the discussion paper tabled previously by the US & EU which was the basis for the discussion in Nairobi.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">As you would see it includes wide variety of ‘trade’ issues, which will have implications for privacy, data protection, net neutrality etc.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We tried to clarify this at the last Best Bits meeting, whether we like it or not, trade is very relevant to internet governance and we need to pay more attention.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ephraim Percy Kenyanito<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 25, 2016 11:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carolina Rossini<br>
<b>Cc:</b> tpp-allies@listserver.citizen.org; <bestbits@lists.bestbits.net> bestbits@lists.bestbits.net> <governance@lists.igcaucus.org>; Raman Chima; Jeremy Malcolm; Estelle Masse<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] WTO Needs Far-Reaching Digital Trade Pact, Experts Say<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">During WTO Ministerial meeting in December 2015 in Nairobi, developed countries wanted to introduce a new item (emerging trade and ICTs) but developing countries opposed this move as they wanted
a conclusion of the Doha Round of negotiations. So its very probable that this will happen in the near future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Given WTO Agreements are binding, we need to make sure that in case it happens, such discussions are carried out in the open with participation from all stakeholders. We need to be in the table/ on delegations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We wouldn't want a reflection of the process of coming up with the TPP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 25 January 2016 at 12:28, Carolina Rossini <<a href="mailto:carolina.rossini@gmail.com" target="_blank">carolina.rossini@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">here the WEF paper - <a href="http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/10/why-global-trade-laws-need-to-catch-up-with-digital-commerce" target="_blank">http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/10/why-global-trade-laws-need-to-catch-up-with-digital-commerce</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and here a paper I like mapping what has happened over the years regarding international regulation of e-commerce and related ICT stuff <a href="http://old.wti.org/fileadmin/user_upload/nccr-trade.ch/wp3/3.8/wunsch_hold_WP_final_11-07-08.pdf" target="_blank">http://old.wti.org/fileadmin/user_upload/nccr-trade.ch/wp3/3.8/wunsch_hold_WP_final_11-07-08.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444">Law360, New York (January 22, 2016, 3:03 PM ET) -- Policymakers around the globe should begin thinking about
negotiations for an expansive World Trade Organization agreement devoted solely to digital trade, e-commerce and telecommunications issues, according to an expert paper circulated at the World Economic Forum Friday.<br>
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While acknowledging the progress made on digital trade in recent regional trade deals, the paper — prepared jointly by the WEF and the the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development — said the time has come for an agreement that tackles those
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“There is a need to develop greater consensus or a critical mass around core concepts regarding cross-border data flows,” the paper said. “Rules and principles to support and expand digital trade are being inserted in some trade agreements. This is a positive
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“This work provides a basis for developing a specific agreement on digital trade that should be negotiated at the WTO on a plurilateral basis — open to those interested in joining, with consideration given to applying any such agreement on a [most-favored-nation]
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Furthermore, the experts said there ought to be wide-ranging rules barring countries from requiring data to be stored only on local servers as a condition for market entry. This concept is enshrined within the TPP, but that agreement has also <a href="http://www.law360.com/articles/746082/obama-issues-formal-tpp-call-as-gop-clashes-loom" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00427F;text-decoration:none">drawn
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Even before launching new WTO talks on digital trade, the paper recommended updating certain existing WTO pacts to better accommodate 21st century traders, beginning with the Trade Facilitation Agreement.<br>
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The TFA — which was completed in 2013 and has been ratified by 68 WTO members — aims to streamline the flow of goods across borders around the globe, but could be modernized by installing a unified de minimis customs level under which no duties will applied,
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“For trade in lower value goods that the Internet is enabling, such costs account for a relatively larger share of the total value, making it an even more serious trade barrier,” the paper said.<br>
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More broadly, the World Economic Forum and International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development experts said that throughout these processes, there should be a robust dialogue between governments, the private sector and advocacy groups that often pushed
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“Ensuring security of the network is one of the key issues that affects consumer and business confidence in addition to the direct costs that security breaches have on individual businesses,” they said.<br>
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