<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Apologies for the lack of a live REAL TIME TEXT link. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">I have done a couple of cosmetic fixes, video and transcript are available at</div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://share.descript.com/view/FX0VZaH7URh">https://share.descript.com/view/FX0VZaH7URh</a></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:58 AM Joly MacFie <<a href="mailto:joly@punkcast.com">joly@punkcast.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default"><br>Coming or going? Tune in to find out!</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"></div><br><div><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(246,247,247);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(16,21,23);line-height:1.7;margin:0px;padding:0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:754px"><tbody><tr><td style="margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;font-size:16px;display:block;max-width:832px;width:754px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 40px;padding:40px 0px 39px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;background:rgb(255,255,255);width:674px;border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:40px 56px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:562px"><tbody><tr><td><br><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:562px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom:24px"><div style="margin-bottom:24px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=12e785af0cdd100a452adfddd815f97e1c819350e3f863d1f49ffe82af07efcd&blog_id=151329629&post_id=17034&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=9a963f034229894447c9eab72551774f&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&url=https://isoc.live/17034%20" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank"><img src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/citi-usreversal-300x169.png" alt="ISOC LIVE" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 24px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Wednesday November 15, 2023</strong>, at <strong>11:00-12:30 EST</strong> (16:00-17:30 UTC), the <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=cae7a2dd5b77065631b49354a9ee1725332018e9ba7fc1b48026ae043e8cdc17&blog_id=151329629&post_id=17034&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=378085603d33345be53f194796103ef1&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&url=https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/citi/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Columbia Institute for Tele-Information</a></strong>, as part of its <strong>Global Digital Governance series</strong>, presents a webinar '<strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=38b33026bfd9272b9686e70724dd45fad378b348743331df05ff8bd2979da99b&blog_id=151329629&post_id=17034&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=e6c948f3ec047f52020ebb6c6f3558e6&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&url=https://bit.ly/3SIgEX6" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">US Reversal on Digital Trade Policy: Implications for Digital Governance</a></strong>'.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">On October 25, 2023, the US government set off positive and negative shock waves in the world of digital and trade policy by announcing the abandonment of its longstanding advocacy of ambitious negotiations for digital trade. Until last week, the United States had been the leading proponent of strong trade rules that would curtail governments’ restrictions on cross-border data flows and their requirements of forced data localization and access to source code as a condition of foreign firms doing business in their countries. Difficult negotiations have been underway in multiple settings including the <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=99f45385e9e350cc3e0844e00deba80ce446c6582190c3ef292f913fa7481352&blog_id=151329629&post_id=17034&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=2e61b43b058400b01a474600a76f3533&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&url=https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/ecom_e/joint_statement_e.htm" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">World Trade Organization’s Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) on E-Commerce</a></strong>, and in the <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=eec6c8eed0450524db9bd672ce31a476b2bbd232a8d1dae88f1c1cd77a863a8b&blog_id=151329629&post_id=17034&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=70be8bd7477037a9c02b96d5f7185a8c&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&url=https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/agreements-under-negotiation/indo-pacific-economic-framework-prosperity-ipef" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF)</a></strong>. The US policy reversal has greatly dismayed like-minded governments, business interests, and trade analysts who advocate international regimes that promote openness in the global digital economy. Conversely, the decision has been warmly welcomed by opposing governments and civil society organizations, and by critics of Big Tech in the US Congress.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">Why did the United States reverse a long-standing position that has been central to its posture as a global leader in international trade policy? Who benefits and what is gained or lost by the shift? How will this affect current and future trade negotiations? What could the new US posture mean for the future evolution and governance of the global digital and Internet environments?</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">This webinar assembles a panel of expert analysts to assess the causes and consequences of the new US approach to digital trade negotiations. As always, the panelists’ conversation will be followed by an open dialogue among all webinar participants.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>INTRODUCTION</strong><br><strong>Eli Noam</strong>, Paul Garrett Professor, Emeritus / Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>PANEL</strong><br><strong>Nigel Cory</strong>, Associate Director, Trade Policy, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)<br><strong>Jonathan McHale</strong>, Vice President for Digital Trade , Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)<br><strong>Lee Tuthill</strong>, visiting Fellow, Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide, Australia</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>MODERATOR</strong><br><strong>William J. Drake</strong>, Director of International Studies at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><b>LIVESTREAM <a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=a4964afb5e8ba12bced717431860199fae6c76a55bce85b567ba0797a149d398&blog_id=151329629&post_id=17034&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=299b9ffbbffc257d1540bb599a3ba9c1&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&url=http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/citi-usreversal" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/citi-usreversal</a></b></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM <a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=38b33026bfd9272b9686e70724dd45fad378b348743331df05ff8bd2979da99b&blog_id=151329629&post_id=17034&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=e6c948f3ec047f52020ebb6c6f3558e6&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&url=https://bit.ly/3SIgEX6" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3SIgEX6</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>REAL TIME TEXT</strong> (see <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=572e9c900bcce5787bc4389fba22899ee924c3b27701a9634af42a5167eb4b76&blog_id=151329629&post_id=17034&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=bb4835dafe66075ead0c4e9532a06381&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&url=https://isoc.live/17034" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">ISOC.LIVE</a></strong>)</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>TWITTER #DigitalTrade <a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ae46d19751ff6be2a6361d81964d330bd759247038c477a1c0994f518cd168b5&blog_id=151329629&post_id=17034&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=173ebf5aecafc34020cfa4dfa002c624&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&url=https://bit.ly/47s46aV" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">#USReversal</a> @Elinoam @wjdrake @Columbia_Biz @nigelcory @ITIFdc Jonathan McHale @ccianet Lee Tuthill @IITAdelaide</strong></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>MASTODON  <a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=988d90258323080eecc4da890585c3c028170dd9e66c67238c3cbd9ccde6f10a&blog_id=151329629&post_id=17034&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&s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