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EU-Korea digital trade agreement
3-Feb-2026 BEUC
While this deal aims to strengthen trust in digital trade, attention needs to be paid to ensure strong and consistent consumer protection on both sides.
EU-Singapore digital trade agreement takes effect
3-Feb-2026 The Edge Malaysia
The EUSDTA delivers high-standard rules for digital trade and facilitates secure flows of data across borders, providing greater legal certainty and clarity for businesses and people transacting in the digital economy.
Trade deals with El Salvador, Guatemala are gifts for tech CEOs
2-Feb-2026 Public Citizen
The Trump administration released a new “Agreement on Reciprocal Trade” with Guatemala, following the nearly identical one released yesterday with El Salvador.
Where is globalisation headed?
31-Jan-2026
The shift in globalisation is not just a bump in the road. It signals a deep transformation of the world economy, its political balances and its power relations.
AfCFTA member states advance digital trade integration
29-Jan-2026 BFT online
Tunisia, Zambia, Senegal, Uganda, Togo, and Angola shared practical experiences in implementing the Digital Trade Protocol. These country presentations demonstrated concrete progress in areas such as digital identity systems, payment infrastructure, and regulatory frameworks that support cross-border digital commerce.
Coupang’s US investors notify S. Korea of plan to seek international arbitration: ministry
23-Jan-2026 Yonhap
The two investors — Greenoaks and Altimeter — took issue with Seoul’s response to the e-commerce giant’s data breach late last year, claiming that it violated obligations under the Korea-US FTA regarding fair and equitable treatment.
Peru set to take part in DEPA: industry ministry
21-Jan-2026 Yonhap News Agency
Peru is set to become the latest member of the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), opening new opportunities for South Korea and other member nations, according to South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources.
US and Taiwan reach trade deal, with semiconductor chips and China in focus
16-Jan-2026 Reuters
The US and Taiwan clinched a trade deal that cuts tariffs on many of the semiconductor powerhouse’s exports, directs new investments in the U.S. technology industry and risks infuriating China.
Where Big Tech and Trump are demanding tax cuts and deregulation
15-Jan-2026 The American Prospect
A new analysis shared with the Prospect shows that Big Tech is seeking changes to national law in 64 countries. The Trump regime is helping them.
Map: Big Tech expands global assault on digital rules
14-Jan-2026 Public Citizen
Big Tech companies are dramatically expanding their hit list to undermine digital regulations around the world, according to a new interactive map released by Public Citizen.
Wingtech pursues international arbitration against Dutch state over Nexperia seizure
12-Jan-2026 Reuters
China’s Wingtech is seeking international arbitration in pursuit of up to $8 billion in damages following the Netherlands’ seizure of chipmaker Nexperia.
The trade war goes digital
6-Jan-2026 CCPA
Notes on how trade agreements prevent Canada from exercising digital sovereignty.
Trump administration fires warning shots over Big Tech regulations
6-Jan-2026 Politico
Senior officials are freezing talks and hinting at trade probes amid ongoing discussions with the UK, EU and South Korea.
Trump’s deals with Latin American countries advance Big Tech’s global agenda
22-Dec-2025 Public Citizen
Continuing the spree of trade agreements being negotiated by the Trump administration, November saw the announcement of four more agreements — with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Big Tech presses for expanded giveaways in upcoming USMCA review
19-Dec-2025 Public Citizen
New analysis of public comments by lobbyists for the tech industry shows that Big Tech is aggressively pushing for even more deregulatory giveaways, despite the agreement already tilting heavily in their favor.
Trump trade rep targets Canada’s beer and dairy rules in new CUSMA review conditions
19-Dec-2025 CBC
US Trade Representative said the US will take aim at two major Canadian policies: the Online Streaming Act, which brought online platforms like Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube under Canadian broadcasting rules, and the supply-managed dairy sector, among others.
Is US pressure against foreign digital policy working?
17-Dec-2025 Digital Policy Alert
An investigation of US tariff deal priorities and government responses, including an annex with annotated tariff deal texts.
Trade agreements risk undermining consumers’ right to repair, warns TACD Report
17-Dec-2025 TACD
The report details how digital trade rules, such as so-called “source code protection” provisions threaten to override ambitious right to repair laws now advancing in both the United States and European Union.
US-UK trade deal hits stumbling block
15-Dec-2025 The New York Times
The US government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food safety rules.
Civil society letter to ASEAN member states on the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) Negotiations
11-Dec-2025 Third World Network
People’s movement are express deep concern and disappointment at the lack of public participation, transparency, and open government processes in the ongoing negotiations of the Digital Economy Framework Agreement to the ASEAN member states.