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May 2016
I&J Speaks about the Digital Economy at World Bank, GWU Conference
I&J contributed
May 6, 2016
On May 5-6, 2016, the Internet & Jurisdiction Project’s co-founder and Manager, Paul Fehlinger served as a panelist in the concluding session of the digital trade conference organized by the World Bank and the Institute for International Economic Policy in Washington, DC, USA.
Paul Fehlinger speaking at the GWU / World Bank Conference on Digital Trade in Washington, DC, USA.
About the Panel
Titled Barriers to Digital Trade and Digital Trade Agreements, the last panel of the conference addressed potential barriers to trade including information sovereignty, domestic regulations, and cyber-security. Panelists also discussed possible courses of action to facilitate digital trade in the future.
Mr. Fehlinger spoke about how overlapping and potentially conflictive jurisdictions in cyberspace threaten global digital trade and jeopardize the future of the global internet. His presentation followed the release of the I&J Paper, Jurisdiction on the Internet: From Legal Arms Race to Transnational Cooperation.
Paul Fehlinger speaks about jurisdictional challenges online and the resulting "Legal Arms Race" in cyberspace at the GWU Conference on Future Trade Barriers.
Speakers
Tracey Samuelson
ReporterMarketplace, PRI
Brian Bieron
Executive DirectoreBay, Inc. Public Policy Lab
Joshua Meltzer
Senior FellowBrookings Institute
Paul Fehlinger
ManagerInternet & Jurisdiction
Susan Aaronson
Research Professor of International AffairsElliott School of International Affairs, GWU
About the Conference
The End of Trade as We Know It? conference was a joint endeavor between the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice and the Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), a policy research organization located within the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.
The conference brought together international policymakers and professionals to discuss how digital trade is changing how we trade, who trades, and how policies must be altered to enable digital trade in the future. Speakers also addressed the role of trade agreements as tools of Internet Governance, regulatory environments for cross-border information flows, and how to facilitate digital trade and development in the future.
The event hashtag and description, courtesy of the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University.
On May 5-6, 2016, the Internet & Jurisdiction Project’s co-founder and Manager, Paul Fehlinger served as a panelist in the concluding session of the digital trade conference organized by the World Bank and the Institute for International Economic Policy in Washington, DC, USA.
Paul Fehlinger speaking at the GWU / World Bank Conference on Digital Trade in Washington, DC, USA.
About the Panel
Titled Barriers to Digital Trade and Digital Trade Agreements, the last panel of the conference addressed potential barriers to trade including information sovereignty, domestic regulations, and cyber-security. Panelists also discussed possible courses of action to facilitate digital trade in the future.
Mr. Fehlinger spoke about how overlapping and potentially conflictive jurisdictions in cyberspace threaten global digital trade and jeopardize the future of the global internet. His presentation followed the release of the I&J Paper, Jurisdiction on the Internet: From Legal Arms Race to Transnational Cooperation.
Paul Fehlinger speaks about jurisdictional challenges online and the resulting "Legal Arms Race" in cyberspace at the GWU Conference on Future Trade Barriers.
Speakers
Tracey Samuelson
ReporterMarketplace, PRI
Brian Bieron
Executive DirectoreBay, Inc. Public Policy Lab
Joshua Meltzer
Senior FellowBrookings Institute
Paul Fehlinger
ManagerInternet & Jurisdiction
Susan Aaronson
Research Professor of International AffairsElliott School of International Affairs, GWU
About the Conference
The End of Trade as We Know It? conference was a joint endeavor between the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice and the Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), a policy research organization located within the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.
The conference brought together international policymakers and professionals to discuss how digital trade is changing how we trade, who trades, and how policies must be altered to enable digital trade in the future. Speakers also addressed the role of trade agreements as tools of Internet Governance, regulatory environments for cross-border information flows, and how to facilitate digital trade and development in the future.
The event hashtag and description, courtesy of the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University.
