International Trade Law and Global Data Governance: Aligning Perspectives and Practices

Author: Neha Mishra
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509961733

Published In: June 2025
Format: Paperback , 240 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781509961696

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This book presents a deep dive into how international trade agreements apply to domestic regulatory frameworks on cross-border data flows, their interface with norms and practices in global data governance, and whether international trade law can address policy challenges arising from this complex interface.

Digital trade and global data governance are at a unique crossroads, raising significant and complex political, economic, and socio-cultural challenges in our world today. Unravelling this complex interface, the book contains 5 chapters focusing on critical policy areas at the interface of digital trade and global data governance: cybersecurity, privacy, law enforcement and regulatory access to data, competition, and digital development. Each of these chapters analyse how trade rules apply to relevant domestic regulations using examples from across the world, and then outline proposals to align international trade law with evolving norms, standards, and best practices in each of these policy areas. The penultimate chapter synthesises findings from across these areas to propose a multi-layered framework containing digital economy-compatible trade rules that balances various policy priorities in global/transnational and domestic data governance. This framework also outlines the role of international trade agreements in facilitating coherence on data-related policies at a transnational level, which can in turn facilitate fair, robust, and contextual co-regulatory approaches at the domestic level.

As the book offers a holistic perspective regarding the role and significance of digital trade rules in a datafied world, it is of interest to scholars, practitioners and policymakers working on digital trade and data regulation, facilitating its readers to explore fresh avenues in the future development of digital trade rules.

1. Introduction: Setting the Narrative

I. Introduction

II. Key Concepts

III. Free Flow of Data V/S Data Sovereignty

IV. The Digital Trade – Global Data Governance Interface

V. Conclusion

2. The Tussle and Harmony of Trade and Privacy

I. Introduction

II. Privacy, Digital Trade, and Cross-Border Data Flows

III. Interface of Privacy Measures with International Trade Law

IV. Aligning International Trade Law with Privacy Governance

V. Conclusion