The growth of digital trade is dependant upon greater interconnectivity across borders. Several countries strive to achieve such interconnectivity and integration in digital trade through international trade agreements. Digital trade integration is a complex, multidimensional process that...

Cross-border paperless trade is increasingly important to generate economic gains in a digitalised economy. Several developing and least developed countries will need to modernise their domestic laws and regulations to facilitate cross-border electronic transmissions, particularly to promote...

The Australia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement presents a significant and unique opportunity for India and Australia to strengthen their digital trade relationship. Although certain areas — including cross-border data flows/data localization, customs duties on electronic...

The interface between trade and Internet governance is one of the most complex policy challenges in the current-day digital economy. This working paper highlights the following observations and findings on the delicate and complex relationship between international trade and the Internet: Recent...

The interface between trade and internet governance is one of the most complex policy challenges in the current-day digital economy. This paper highlights the following observations and findings on the delicate and complex relationship between international trade and the internet: (1) Recent...

This paper assesses the significance of the Digital Trade Chapter of the Australia – EU FTA and focuses on the disciplines necessary to boost digital trade. In the ongoing negotiations, the EU and Australia are likely to agree upon conventional digital trade disciplines (e.g., e-signatures,...