The CPTPP and Digital Trade: Embracing E-Commerce Opportunities for SMEs in Canada and Japan
Article from: TDM 5 (2019), in Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
Abstract
One of the most innovative features of the CPTPP is its material on digital trade, especially its chapter on e-commerce which contains a number of provisions aimed at enhancing this vital sector of the economy by eliminating distortive trade barriers such as restrictions on data transfer and data localization requirements. Such provisions should be important to the CPTPP's two largest parties: Canada and Japan, both of which are highly advanced economies seeking to enhance their digital trade capacity across the Pacific Rim. This paper explores the main features of the CPTPP concerning ...