Analysts: Executive order on data flows ‘further complicates’ U.S. digital trade position

A new executive order designed to restrict bulk data transfers to foreign countries of concern has further muddied the U.S. position on digital trade, analysts say, as the administration reconsiders its support for unrestricted cross-border data flows in World Trade Organization negotiations and beyond. Because the executive order issued last week “is obviously focused on restricting the movement and use of data,” Nigel Cory, associate director for trade policy at ITIF, a think tank focused on technology policy, told Inside...