Multi-level Negotiations on Digital Trade Policy
The 2018 session of the WTO Public Forum was organized by the HSE jointly with the University of Carleton (Canada), the Center for the Development of Trade Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and experts from Belarus. In particular, the discussion focused on factors that, in the conditions of rapid development of digital technologies, could lead to discrimination related to exchange of information and access to digital infrastructure, which are still beyond the scope of multilateral agreements. This article concludes on the main issues on the digital trade policy and socio-economic development. Discussion of these points at the WTO Public Forum has brought practical understanding of the application of the rules of trade within the digital economy.