Digital trade advisers call for beefed-up cyber, ICT provisions in U.S.-Japan deal

A group of outside advisers to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is calling for more robust cybersecurity and information communications technology accords between the U.S. and Japan. The two countries announced a digital agreement in September, along with a trade agreement on agriculture market access and industrial goods and a pledge to continue work on a broader trade deal. The digital pact largely mirrors language included in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. But the Industry Trade Advisory Committee for the...