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Panel discussion: Can trade agreements build trust and inclusion in a rapidly changing global digital economy?

Session Time

1:00 PM - 1:40 PM BST

8:00 AM - 8:40 AM EDT

The pandemic has altered people’s relationship with technology and upended longstanding patterns of how people shop, learn, interact, and work. At the same time that we are increasingly dependent on the internet, polling data reveals that many users do not feel comfortable online. Trade agreements regulate the cross-border data flows that underpin the internet and widely used services such as search and social networks. This panel will examine what trade agreements currently say and how they might be reimagined to build and maintain user trust and foster greater inclusion online.

Featured TradeExperettes

Dr. Susan Aaronson, Research professor and Director of the digital trade and data governance hub, Elliott School of International Affairs

Soumaya Keynes, Trade and globalisation editor, The Economist

This event is part of The Economist Events Global Trade Virtual Week.

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