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Can International Rules Improve Domestic Regulation of Digital Trade?

National debates over policies that affect the flow of digital information are heating up as censorship, surveillance, control over personal data, and requirements to store data locally have emerged as contentious political issues. At the same time, governments are negotiating international agreements that constrain their ability to regulate domestically. What exactly are the problems that have been caused by domestic regulation of the flow of digital information? And can international agreements help solve them? Please join us for a discussion of these timely issues.

Featuring
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David Weller

Director of Economic and Trade Policy, Google

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Neha Mishra

Lecturer, Australia National University College of Law

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Henry Gao

Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University

Simon Lester

Nonresident Fellow, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy