The chapter explores the far-reaching effects of the digital transformation on trade and trade law. It first sketches the state of affairs under the multilateral forum of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and, second, analyzes the more de- liberate regulatory responses to the challenges of...

"7.60bData has been conceptualized as the 'new oil' and although this is a flawed statement, it catches well the high value attached to data as a driver of economic growth and innovation, and as a force of change in all facets of societal life. The implications of data and data analytics are...

The article explores the transformations triggered by digitalization in the domain of global trade law and seeks to evaluate the nature and the effects of the unfolding legal adaptation in this field of international law. For this purpose, the article starts by mapping the sweeping effects of...

Data flows and global trade law / Mira Burri -- Data flow-related provisions in preferential trade agreements : trends and patterns of diffusion / Manfred Elsig and Sebastian Klotz -- The costs of data protectionism / Martina Ferracane -- WTO law and cross-border data flows : an unfinished...