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Ecu Radio 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> signed a Digital Trade Agreement (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DTA</span></a>) today! This deal aims to boost cross-border digital trade, protect consumers, and ensure legal certainty for businesses. A key step in deepening cooperation &amp; supporting rules-based trade.</p><p><a href="https://www.ecuradio.eu/2025/05/digital-trade-agreement-signed-between-eu-singapore/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ecuradio.eu/2025/05/digital-tr</span><span class="invisible">ade-agreement-signed-between-eu-singapore/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUSingapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUSingapore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTrade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SingleMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleMarket</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a></p>
EDRi<p>Habemus <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EDRigram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDRigram</span></a> 💨</p><p>⚖️ EDRi member <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://witter.cz/@iurecz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>iurecz</span></a></span> wins <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DataRetention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataRetention</span></a> dispute in the Czech Republic<br>💬 We challenge techno-solutionist narratives in <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSurveillance</span></a><br>📝 How <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTrade</span></a> is the new frontline in the fight for our rights </p><p>Read about this and more in the latest edition: ⤵️<br><a href="https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-7-may-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-7-</span><span class="invisible">may-2025/</span></a></p>
Open Forum<p>Trade rules should encompass digital trade<br> <br>The shift to digital technology calls for the movement of data and information across borders, with all stakeholders depending on seamless and uninterrupted information flows across companies and countries. <a href="https://federated.press/tags/digitaltrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitaltrade</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.openforum.com.au/trade-rules-should-encompass-digital-trade/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openforum.com.au/trade-rules-s</span><span class="invisible">hould-encompass-digital-trade/</span></a></p>
EURACTIV Technology<p>It’s up to the EU to hold back the great tech decoupling <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/opinion/its-up-to-the-eu-to-hold-back-the-great-tech-decoupling/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/digital/o</span><span class="invisible">pinion/its-up-to-the-eu-to-hold-back-the-great-tech-decoupling/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ASML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASML</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/digitaltrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitaltrade</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUJapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUJapan</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUSouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUSouthKorea</span></a></p>
Joly MacFie<p>WEBCAST MAR 19 – The WTO’s Digital Trade Negotiations in the Wake of its 13th Ministerial Conference</p><p>On Tuesday March 19, 2024, at 11:00-12:30 EDT (15:00-16:30 UTC), the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, as part of its Global Digital Governance series, presents a webinar 'The WTO’s Digital Trade Negotiations in the Wake of its 13th Ministerial Conference'.</p><p>The World Trade Organization is struggl</p><p><a href="https://isoc.live/17462/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">isoc.live/17462/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nycmesh.net/tags/post" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>post</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nycmesh.net/tags/citi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nycmesh.net/tags/DigitalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTrade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nycmesh.net/tags/InternetGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetGovernance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nycmesh.net/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a></p>
IT News<p>India’s plan to let 1998 digital trade deal expire may worsen chip shortage - Enlarge (credit: Narumon Bowonkitwanchai | Moment) </p><p>India's pla... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005621" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2005621</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/worldtradeorganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldtradeorganization</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/semiconductorindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semiconductorindustry</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/semiconductors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semiconductors</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/customsduties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>customsduties</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/digitaltrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitaltrade</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chipssupply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chipssupply</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>e</span></a>-commerce <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aichips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aichips</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p>
Project DisCo<p>Last week, the @USTradeRep confirmed that the United States was withdrawing support for key <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/DigitalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTrade</span></a> rules. The announcement is an abrupt turn for not only U.S. trade policy, but brings forth the question, what else is the United States abandoning in the digital governance space? <br><a href="https://www.project-disco.org/21st-century-trade/the-new-us-digital-trade-agenda-retreat/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">project-disco.org/21st-century</span><span class="invisible">-trade/the-new-us-digital-trade-agenda-retreat/</span></a></p>
EDPS<p><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/tags/EDPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDPS</span></a> has recently issued an Opinion on the Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations for <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/tags/digitaltrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitaltrade</span></a> disciplines w/ the Republic of <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/tags/Korea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Korea</span></a> and w/ <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a>. Read the Opinion to learn more about our recommendations: <a href="https://europa.eu/!xtM6nj" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">europa.eu/!xtM6nj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbyists</span></a> Explain How They Took Over <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a>. An amazing <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/researchpaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>researchpaper</span></a> unearths how the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/techindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techindustry</span></a> invented the concept of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/digitaltrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitaltrade</span></a> and sold it to government officials. <a href="https://prospect.org/power/2023-04-18-big-tech-lobbyists-took-over-washington/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/power/2023-04-18-</span><span class="invisible">big-tech-lobbyists-took-over-washington/</span></a> see also <a href="https://rethinktrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/International-Preemption-by-Trade-Agreement-Explainer.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rethinktrade.org/wp-content/up</span><span class="invisible">loads/2023/03/International-Preemption-by-Trade-Agreement-Explainer.pdf</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a></p>
Christina J Colclough<p>Any folks here working on <a href="https://someone.elses.computer/tags/DigitalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTrade</span></a> from a "what ar/could be the consequences on <a href="https://someone.elses.computer/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> and <a href="https://someone.elses.computer/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a>? Also interested in discussing the current governmental leaning towards regulating <a href="https://someone.elses.computer/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> through <a href="https://someone.elses.computer/tags/standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>standards</span></a> and <a href="https://someone.elses.computer/tags/certifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>certifications</span></a> and how these interplay with current <a href="https://someone.elses.computer/tags/Digitaltrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Digitaltrade</span></a> demands. Pinging <span class="h-card"><a href="https://someone.elses.computer/@mikarv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mikarv</span></a></span></p>