The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Digital Economy

The current set of rules within the global trading system that impact the technology industry were put in place a generation ago-before the Internet was of critical commercial significance, when cross-border digital trade was a fraction of what it is now, mobility was limited and "cloud" architecture unknown. How will new rules within the global trading system open opportunities and propel the growth of the technology industry? How will these 21st-century rules combat "data nationalism" and the balkanization of the internet? How does the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) embrace cutting-edge rules to combat these trends and preserve a single, global, digital marketplace?

Ambassador Holleyman will speak to the urgency around efforts to preserve a single, global digital marketplace. He will describe these new rules-"The Digital Two Dozen"- and how he believes TPP will foster digital entrepreneurship and drive the growth of the technology sector.

Speaker: Ambassador Robert Holleyman, Deputy US Trade Representative