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Pushing Back against U.S. Government Pushback on Non-Discriminatory Tech Regulations: The Case of Australia's Online Safety Regulation

Over the years, I've talked a lot about the distinction between, on the one hand, domestic regulation that is ostensibly about some public policy objective but actually constitutes disguised protectionism, and, on the other hand, domestic regulation that pursues legitimate policy objectives but has an incidental impact on

Is Brazil's Pix Payment System an Unfair Trade Practice?

One of the issues in the Section 301 investigation of Brazil's trade practices relates to Pix, an instant payment platform created and managed by the Central Bank of Brazil.

Would Public Ownership Push Us Towards AI Sovereignty? And Will We Ever Get Sensible AI Regulation?

Todd Tucker, my long-time sparring partner on international economic policy issues, has a new piece with his colleague Elizabeth Wilkins called "How Public Equity Can Promote a Revived American Democracy."

Competing Views of Sovereignty: The Haves vs. The Have Nots in AI (and Steel)

It's interesting to watch how political leaders craft narratives around economic competition that reflect their own country's strengths and weaknesses.

Is State Capitalism Coming to AI?

U.S. government ownership of AI companies would trigger an industrial policy competition, and would be a bad idea in and of itself.

The Australia-EU FTA Data Flows Obligations and Exceptions

The digital trade chapter of the Australia-EU FTA text is a new data point in looking out how governments are crafting data flow provisions and exceptions, as part of an effort to constrain domestic regulations while still providing the space to pursue legitimate public policies.

Jamieson Greer on Not Getting Fooled by Discriminatory EU Tech Regulations

At a Hudson Institute event earlier this week, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer had the following exchange with Peter Rough of Hudson on EU digital regulations: Rough: The joint statement last August with the Europeans filling out the Turnberry agreement that the President struck with Commission President von der

What Value Does the U.S. See In an E-Commerce Duty Moratorium in the Absence of Effective Enforcement through the DSU?

One of the big issues the U.S. is pushing at MC14 is a permanent extension of the WTO's moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions. In a recent statement at a General Council meeting related to preparations for MC14, the U.S. said: Intervention on the Moratorium

Comparing the Digital Trade Provisions in the New U.S. Trade Deals

My series of posts comparing specific provisions across the Trump administration's Agreements on Reciprocal Trade got interrupted, but let me get back to it now, with a focus on certain digital trade provisions in the nine agreements for which we now have the full legal text.

Is Foreign Antitrust Enforcement "Discriminatory" and "Anti-American"?

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held a hearing in December on "Anti-American Antitrust: How Foreign Governments Target U.S. Businesses." There was a lot of talk at the hearing about how foreign regulations and regulators "discriminate" against American