Inside Trade

October 4, 2024

Sources: Japan’s G7 data-flow focus, IPEF digital rules likely to overlap

By Brett Fortnam  / January 24, 2023 at 10:05 AM
Japan’s proposal for a new international data governance body, part of its “data free flow with trust” initiative, is expected to include many of the same digital principles that U.S. companies hope will be enshrined in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity without taking any momentum away from the IPEF talks, according to industry sources following both initiatives. Digital trade is expected to be a key area of focus for IPEF negotiators in 2023. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai last...

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