Over the past two decades, there has been an uptick and proliferation in the types of digital trade and e-commerce agreements, as well as a variety of multilateral frameworks influencing the digital governance domain. This hybrid briefing will provide an overview of contemporary developments shaping the digital trade regulatory landscape. It will focus on two specific issues: first, the rapid evolution of digital trade rule-making and the growing importance of Digital Economy Agreements and second, the relevance and scope of the JSI e-commerce agreement, recently concluded at the WTO.
These issues will be evaluated through the lens of small states’ priorities and interests, assessing the developmental dimension, and the way forward. The session will contribute to small states’ preparatory processes to the upcoming WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14), empowering them to engage more effectively.
This briefing is being jointly organised by the Commonwealth Small States Office in Geneva, Diplo and the Geneva Internet Platform.
