Finance leaders, 30 other senators urge reversal of digital trade pause

The Biden administration should scrap its decision to withdraw support for key digital trade proposals at the World Trade Organization and launch a consultation process – with federal agencies, the public and Congress – to establish a “consensus” U.S. position, Senate Finance Committee leaders, along with 30 other senators, urged on Thursday. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative last month announced the U.S. would pause its longstanding support for proposals on cross-border data flows, data localization and source code...