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SUMMARY:The digital trade imbalance – Lunch talk with Susan Aaronson
DESCRIPTION:Open Brown-Bag Lunch\nLunch talk with Susan Aaronson: The digit
 al trade imbalance\nAt The Intersection of Cross-Border Information Flows 
 and Human Rights: TPP as a case study\nWednesday\, 22 June 2016 · 1pm · 
 HIIG Kitchen\nPolicymakers struggle to govern the Internet and Internet pr
 oviders\, which are global\, with laws\, regulations\, and norms that are 
 national.  Trade agreements provide a way to solve this governance dilemm
 a\, but they are not without flaws.   In this presentation\, Aaronson di
 scusses  the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, how it governs information
  flows\, and how it could affect TTIP (the Trans Atlantic Trade  and Inve
 stment Partnership-a trade agreement between the US and the EU nations).\n
 \nThe US argues that TPP “promotes e-Commerce\, protects digital freedom
 \, and preserves an Open Internet” because it limits data protectionism\
 , makes the free flow of information a default\, and allows TPP signatorie
 s to challenge censorship and filtering as trade barriers.  But the Obama
  Administration has the analysis half right.  If TPP is approved by the t
 welve member states\, it could help advance cross-border information flows
 . However\, TPP barely mentions users and does little to protect digital r
 ights. Moreover\, should TPP go into effect\, governments can rely on the 
 agreement’s exceptions to continue to block\, filter\, and censor inform
 ation flows.  Aaronson will make suggestions for how to better policies t
 o promote digital trade with policies to advance digital rights.\n\nSusan 
 Ariel Aaronson is Research Professor and Cross-Disciplinary Felllow at the
  Elliott School of International Affairs\,  George Washington University\
 , USA\, as  well as the Cavalho Fellow at the Government Accountability P
 roject. Her research looks at the intersection of trade\, human rights\, a
 nd the rule of law.\n\n&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:Exploring Digital Spheres
LOCATION:Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society\, Französische Straß
 e 9\, Berlin\, 10117\, Germany
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