Properly following CPTPP implementation (or searching CPTPP records) requires jumping across various government websites and often knowing specifically where to look. In this post I show the problems this causes and humbly suggest that a small investment in centralising this information into one authoritative location would provide a big improvement for transparency and accessibility.| tradenotes.substack.com
I take a look at what the proposed E-Commerce JSI's Stabilised Text would deliver for digital trade, what might be driving the nine participants who couldn’t support the text, and what the next steps are for turning the Stabilised Text into a binding treaty.| tradenotes.substack.com
At the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference, India and South Africa objected to the incorporation of the plurilateral Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFDA) into Annex 4 of the WTO Agreement. Given that Article X.9 of the WTO Agreement requires “| tradenotes.substack.com
In honour of the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference happening this week - and the attention on what will happen to the moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions - this post looks at an interesting record from the Clinton Administration in 1998 when the moratorium was born (which I highlighted| tradenotes.substack.com
I had been holding off on posting anything on the leaked AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol as I wasn’t clear it represented the actually final version.| tradenotes.substack.com
Peter Ungphakorn has reported a small bit of good news in the world of WTO plurilaterals - with South Africa withdrawing its objections to 54 WTO Members implementing the Services Domestic Regulation Joint Initiative (Services DR JI).| tradenotes.substack.com
This week saw some good and bad news for the WTO Joint Initiative on Electronic Commerce, which also has potential implications for IPEF.| tradenotes.substack.com
The Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) between Chile, New Zealand and Singapore, was recently amended in preparation for Korea’s accession.| tradenotes.substack.com
