Co-convener: E-commerce JSI best chance for WTO to address data flows

The World Trade Organization’s plurilateral discussions on e-commerce offer the best opportunity for members to address rules on cross-border data flows, data localization, source code and cryptography -- all areas in which the talks are on hold, according to one of the negotiations’ co-conveners. Negotiations on data flows, source code and cryptography provisions were paused after the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative last October withdrew its support for provisions in those areas, but work has continued on other issues...